[rollei_list] Re: OT: Death Taxes, Yet Again

  • From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:04:53 -0500

At 09:48 PM 12/3/2009, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>My own view is that The Economist is neo-liberal at best, and often
>petty conservative...
>
>Thanks for the references on origins of Death Tax, Marc, and duly
>noted... now I have one for you. Check out Frank Luntz, high level
>conservative republican consultant, who is pretty much responsible for
>the GOP adopting the term "Death Tax" in dealing this issue out over
>the past few political cycles. I think you will see why in this
>instance and context I call it a term of political
>opportunism/sensationalism...

Frank Luntz is an idiot. For reasons which remain obscure, O'Reilly and Hannity have him on their shows every other week or so. The man is hardly impressive in any regard. And I had thought him a Republican workhorse, not a conservative.

Marc


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