"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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Buffett, in particular, praised "'the critical role' that he said the
estate
tax played in promoting economic growth,

Buffet is a good investor but a hore**** economist.

My point was not necessarily to endorse his economic views, but rather to
cite him and the other billionaires I mentioned as examples of estate-tax
advocates who obviously do not "get sick when they see someone successful".

by helping create a society in
which success is based on merit rather than inheritance"

So replace it with a society of parsites. Yeah, like socialism was so
successful at creating economic growth!

Hm, so parasitism occurs not when some people are arbitrarily rich by
aristocratic birthright, but rather when a slightly leveler at-birth playing
field makes the process slightly more dependent on an individual's effort
and ability. I'm glad we cleared that up.

--Gary