Clinton is a menace, and America truly can’t afford her ideas.

…and we have no clue what all she’d do once elected. These are just the items she chose to talk about…Poison to all things “free”.

In other news, if it rains, we may get wet.

While Bryan probably got revved up by the death tax lines alone, she goes on to spread quite a LOT of BS in that clip – although the ‘keep people from accumulating generational wealth’ line was about as nakedly communistic as it gets.

Did anyone stay with it long enough to hear her comments on the economy in general? Yep, pay attention kids, she recited that one chapter and verse out of the “It’s the economy, stupid” Playbook, written by Bill with James Carville as ghost author. She also slid in the “oh, but the economy was GREAT in the 90’s” swill, along with the ‘we had a balanced budget and no deficit’ flat out lie.

IIt was also an adroit display of now it is, now it isn’t with her discussion of the AMT debacle – lamenting, all at the same time, the ‘lost revenue’, the failed chance to make up the ‘lost revenue, then, while blaming the entire Democrat induced mess on President Bush, declaring how completely unfair it would be to have millions of taxpayers caught up in the AMT net because it hadn’t been ‘fixed’ (which, of course, she TRIED to do, only to be stymied by those eeeevil Republicans).

At least Bill had the ability to make it sound, for about 30 seconds or so, like he was actually saying something rational…with Hill, however, you don’t really have to re-analysis what just came out of her mouth – you can tell she’s full of crap, and lying just as fast as she can.

Warren Buffet is such a fraud. Isn’t the primary reason he put his money into Bill Gates’ foundation to avoid taxation? Rich people saying that the tax cuts affected only them, are idiots.

*furious*

Utah Boy on December 12, 2007 at 1:51 PM

Amen to that, brother. Buffet is always saying that he doesn’t pay enough taxes. Well, there was a great column by someone, can’t remember who, who pointed out that there is absolutely nothing stopping Buffet from writing a check to the Federal Govt. So what he really means is that he wants other people to pay more taxes.

The people who really get hit by the estate tax are the farmers and small business people who have significant assets all tied up in their business. When they die their heirs have to sell everything to pay the taxes. The ultr-rich have so much money that they get around this issue via loopholes.

That’s class warfare, pure and straight.

Lucky for her, and all the libs, the public is only told “the middle class is disappearing”… but the MSM makes sure we aren’t told where the middle class is disappearing to:

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/12/05/income_mobility

What about claims of a disappearing middle class? Let’s do some detective work. Controlling for inflation, in 1967, 8 percent of households had an annual income of $75,000 and up; in 2003, more than 26 percent did. In 1967, 17 percent of households had a $50,000 to $75,000 income; in 2003, it was 18 percent. In 1967, 22 percent of households were in the $35,000 to $50,000 income group; by 2003, it had fallen to 15 percent. During the same period, the $15,000 to $35,000 category fell from 31 percent to 25 percent, and the under $15,000 category fell from 21 percent to 16 percent. The only reasonable conclusion from this evidence is that if the middle class is disappearing, it’s doing so by swelling the ranks of the upper classes.

In short, Hillary wants to grab the wealth of those who only have somewhat modest amounts to pass on, anything held by the uber-rich will have already been vested in tax shelters, foundations and other mechanisms.

–Jason

Am I the only one who can’t see the embedded video?

Could someone please post a link?

photom on December 12, 2007 at 2:48 PM

I can’t see it either

When they über-rich pass away, they should be able to leave their kids or relatives, say $10 million each (inflation adjusted), tax free. Otherwise, they will in fact be creating an aristocracy. Just look at the Kennedys.

Kevin M on December 12, 2007 at 3:31 PM

I’m sorry Kevin but you are going have to explain how it is the state’s role to determine just how much one can leave to their kids. Why the $10M threshold instead of (for example) $1M or even $500,000? It isn’t the dollar amount that is wrong with your argument but the idea that it somehow is government’s role to regulate just how much an individual can inherit.

Besides, the uber-rich hire people who know how to protect assets from the tax man. The Kennedy’s for example, keep their money in one of those private banks down on some island in the Carribean.

The idea — coming from a sensible liberal like Galston — that we know better than you how you should use your money doesn’t bode well for a Hillary administration.

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on December 12, 2007 at 3:10 PM

The same idea was spouted by a character on “West Wing” several years ago, when another asked why Dems were in favour of high taxes.

“It’s really a tax to prevent us from having inherited wealth generation after generation, which would really undermine the kind of spirit and meritocracy that the United States stands for.”

When did grave robbing become the American Way ?

The idea — coming from a sensible liberal like Galston — that we know better than you how you should use your money doesn’t bode well for a Hillary administration.

I think Rubin was playing some games there. Very craftily playing some games.

It’s been a while since I checked indicators from back then, but there were some very interesting things to look at.

I mean, the spirit and meritocracy and all that, people have it BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING TO THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY DIE!!!

This woman is a complete MORON. Leftism is the philosophy of the incredibly arrogant and stupid.

Good Lord is she an idiot.

Could someone please post a link?

Never ever mention that the recession began DURING Clinton’s last 18 months in office.

I guess Hillary’s plan is to wait it out, raise taxes and pray for globe.com opening on the Nasdaq at $15 and closing at $850. That economy was so much easier to do nothing about.

She’s worth what, $40 million? Thereabouts?

At least oil companies provide something useful to me to get their “windfall profits”.

I think Michael Savage is right.

A mental disorder is the only way I can explain this garbage.

Never ever mention that the recession began DURING Clinton’s last 18 months in office.

I guess Hillary’s plan is to wait it out, raise taxes and pray for globe.com opening on the Nasdaq at $15 and closing at $850. That economy was so much easier on the White House.

As for the Death Tax, Hillary responded about how I would expect either Putin, or any soviet area leader would. UnAmerican indeed.

BOOM! Nice salvo, Bryan.