[lbo-talk] Joe the Plumber, $250k+ business owner, as average American?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 17 09:10:30 PDT 2008


On Oct 17, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Mr. X wrote:


> I have a conservative friend who rails against the "death tax" and
> collects on SS Disability, cannot convince him that the estate tax
> never applied to him.

I'm going to recommend Larry Bartels again:

<http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels/homer.pdf>.

People oppose the "death tax" if they think their own taxes are too high, even if it'll never hit them. Bartels calls this unenlightened self-interest.

Doug



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