[MRM]

Rick, at the risk of sounding like WWB, please read my posts before you accuse me of socialsit drivel. Drivel, perhaps, but socialist is fightin' words where I come from.

Anyway, I specifically stated that a fair estate tax would have generous excemptions for small businesses and family farms - much like the estate tax had before it was temporarily mostly eliminated. And as Mo pointed out, you gotta take some responsibility for your own well being and plan for death. Why should the US taxpayers bail out someone who didn't take care of his own business? So you and I could pay more INCOME tax?