END Dynasty Welfare. Start the " DYNASTY TAX "

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It is time for the congress to stop giving "dynasty welfare" to the richest Americans.


Conservatives love their word engineering for inheritance taxes, reframing them as "Death Taxes." Frank Luntz isn't the only one who can play the spin game. I say call estate taxes Dynasty Taxes.


Should estate and inheritance taxes be eliminated? The issue will surely be raised again with the new, incoming congress.


It is time to fight back with word engineering that reframes the tax breaks to wealthy inheritors as welfare for the rich and the tax on estates as a "dynasty tax" that makes it a little bit more difficult to build a multi-generational dynasty that gets a massive advantage just for being born.


A "Dynasty tax" is a great way for the nation-- any nation-- to recover assets and resources that were acquired and not re-invested into the community, into the nation that enabled the profits that produced the massive estate.


Already, generous exemptions are given to families inheriting large estates. It is unreasonable to ask the American people to help uber-rich families to consolidate their wealth with "Dynasty welfare."


America is not a land of dynasties. It should never have allowed their formation and it should actively work to prevent them from developing. We do not need a "royal class." If a person amasses great wealth there is no law, no constitutional right that requires the family, the descendants be allowed to keep it. There is no constitutional right to pass on $50 million dollar castles or mansions.


I believe that a Democracy has a duty to prevent the formation of dynasties, that dynasties can and have become a threat to fair elections and legislation. As the middle class in America becomes more and more marginalized, as the wealth in America becomes more and more top-heavy, benefiting primarily the top five or ten percent, it is more important than ever to INCREASE the dynasty tax on estates exceeding $5 million, even beyond the tax rates due to go into effect soon.


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[BrklynLiberal]

1. The Dems need to start learning how to frame the debate do some creative messaging....and not leave

it all to the repukes to do.

this idea is brilliant.

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2. Its amazing how repukes always seem to find new ways of re-labeling old, worn-out ideas

and passing it off to the sleeping public as a NEW conservative direction. For some reason, Dems lack the " creative messaging " needed to sell their position platforms.

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4. it helps to own the microphone. that and being relentlessly evil.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. And so it will be as longas they ignore people like Howard Dean..and George Lakoff..

No strategy, and no message

[Wind Dancer]

3. Excellent idea!

We need to frame the debate! Are you listening Obama???????

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5. Do the American people hate Dynasties?

I don't see it. If anything they hate people who they think are ripping others off now, but are okay with rich kids.

If Bill Gates gave a ton of money to his kids, I don't think most would care.

[Bozita]

6. Frank Luntz writes the GOPer songbook and ALL in the chorus sing loudly and in tune

And the Dems are a bunch of independent contractors who cannot agree that middle class folks earn less than a quarter million per year. Or is it $500K? Or is it maybe a million?