[lbo-talk] A Case for Working-Class Tax Cuts

[Jim Devine]

Doug: > That was about the estate tax, no? The Gates was Billy
Microsoft's father, the IP lawyer, and not the ubernerd himself. He's
probably  got a few dimes to rub together, but next to his son, he's a
pauper.  The Rockefeller fortune has been inherited so many times you
gotta  wonder what's left. And Buffett is kind of a prick. My late
friend  John Liscio reported in Barron's years ago that Buffett
wouldn't lend  his daughter $10,000 that she  desperately needed when
she was living  in a trailer park.<

currently, the bourgeoisie is in one of its mean seasons, like after
World War I. There's no serious counterweight to push them to be
far-sighted. Further, ever since they responded to falling profit
rates in the 1970s by launching an offensive against labor (etc.),
they've generally been winning (at least in the rich countries) --
which encourages them to continue, to strengthen their demands, etc.
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!
"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something.
Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." -- Pablo Picasso