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

[Doug Henwood]

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