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

[Andy]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> 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.

I thought they oppose it even if they *know* it'll never hit them.

-- 
Andy