You've put your finger on the cultural disconnect between elitist Republicans and more populist conservatives. It goes a long way in explaining the crude cluelessness Bush has in dealing with Joe Sixpack on the subject of immigration.
Bush and his family like their cheap servants, and cannot be convinced that he just might not be entitled to be waited on. He even gets sentimental about them, and decides to give away US sovereignty to Mexicans.
But he expects and wants to leave his full fortune to his own children (with maybe a check for Maria for being such a treasure and almost a member of the family).
Well, I want to leave the United States of America to American children!!!!
But the country-club Republicans can't grasp that the issues are essentially the same. And somebody needs to clue these elites in but fast, or we're going down in November.
Joe Sixpack does not have millions to leave to his kids, but he would like to leave them America.
Yeah, but JANE Sixpack has started a business and now she's got one worth about 3 million....with employees.....and in the State of Washington, if something happened to her....guess what.....the State would want to tax her ESTATE, including her home, her auto's, her jewelry, her business....how's THEM APPLES! In America is about the only place on earth where you can go from DIRT poor to wealthy.....mostly with HARD work....but, you think that should be penalized.....how special.
It may come as a shock to you, but this article is about the ESTATE TAXES and the Congress' failure to eliminate it. This thread is NOT about immigration.