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Originally Posted by kerowo
Of course it plays to their base, the death tax has always been something the poors hated because, um, well, because liberals liked it.
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Originally Posted by wheatrich
same reason they passed a million repeal ocare bills, it won them elections.
eh, you'd be surprised how many of them think it hits them
Nah, it's not this. Sure, there's a portion of the base that believes it, but that isn't the point. This isn't about animating the base. It's about appeasing the donors.
The base being utterly brainwashed on economic voodoo allows them to get away with it, but this is for the donors.