Democrats live in the present. Republicans plan for the future.
Democrats see a rich corporation like GM and say "I want a piece of that". They get their piece and 20 years later GM (Ford, US Steel, Bethelehem, United Airlines, Eastern Airlines, National Hockey League, etc.) are no more.
Democrats want to raise spending on medicare. Republicans want to fix the future problem (ditto for SSI).
Democrats want to cut defense to spend the money now. Republicans want a strong defense to keep the future safe.
Dems want to take from the rich and give to the poor. Repubs see that if you take from the rich, the rich might say to hell with it and stop producing.
The problem with that is, of course, if you do that then you inadvertently f@#* the economy, because they're the folks that buy the goods that drive it. Without the small businesses, you couldn't underwrite the larger corporations for very long, either.
Inheritance taxes also wreak havoc on the agricultural sector. Even if these good folks are able to get out of the Federal Death Tax, they often get nailed at the state level. What ends up happening is that like the heirs of the small businessmen, they are frequently forced to sell off property to pay their taxes. Sure, you can often jump through hoops to get protected status, but that often means giving up your rights as a landowner as well. THere's no such thing as a free lunch.
Without agriculture and small businesses, tomorrow's America will be vastly different than its current status.
That being said, we need to get this on every talk show. We need to identify this guy Yglesias as a more mainstream guy. That f@#* the businessmen quote ought to be put in fliers, ads, and everything. We'll double the size of the Farm & Ranch Crews the next time 'round.