I guess that I basically disagree with Paul Waldman because I don’t think that Republican members of Congress want to repeal the Estate Tax because it’s just their nature to want to repeal the Estate Tax. I think they want to do it because their party basically exists purely to serve the interests of people who have vast amounts of wealth to leave in inheritances.
Any why shouldn’t fabulously wealthy people have a political party all their own?
The problem only arises in our two-party system where these fat cats fully own one party and are majority owners of the other. Making politics so expensive that only they can fund it is their game.
But getting politicians is easy. The votes are a bit harder, which is why the GOP goes to such lengths to disguise who it serves.
