Yes. I understand the need for Keystone, for one thing. And death tax increases have no affect on me, so that issue is no motivator. I also understand what will happen to the Supreme Court if Hillary wins, and what will happen if you don’t get control of our borders.
You’re right. If Scott doesn’t understand this stuff, I’m glad he’s not running for the office.
Not everyone writing their own opinion is running for office.
The death tax issue is a motivator for me.
Irregardless of whether a person may or may not be affected by this, it’s the unreasonable nature of it that sets me off.
As this guy astutely mentioned, they take 50% of your income up front, then want 50% of what’s left when you die.
The absurdity of this is even more so, when you consider how hard you work, the risks you take, and the losses you endure, on the way to building your wealth. Where was the government? Did it help you? Did it guarantee your success? Did it share your losses? Ah NO!
The government has no right whatsoever to what we accumulate in our lifetimes, especially in light of it doing everything it can to prevent it.
“And death tax increases have no affect on me”
Actually, it does; it affects everybody in tangential ways.
“With effective tax rates rising above 80 percent, the death tax discourages savings and investment, encourages the squandering of assets and allows the government to take most of whatever is left. IT SILENTLY STEALS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES THE INVESTMENT NECESSARY TO BUILD WEALTH AND CREATE JOBS.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/01/opinion/how-taxes-trickle-down.html?_r=0
It affects family farms, and when farms go under because of the inheritance tax, agriculture suffers and food prices increase.