Benga Wrote: Nov 11, 2012 5:06 AM specific people as my
political adversary. Wealthy citizens who use their leverage to
do things for what I consider as the larger public good get my
full embrace. The Left also doesn't view corporations as evil
inherently, but as servants to a system that often rewards
paying as little as possible to workers, as few taxes as
possible, and avoiding as much regulation as possible, even if
that regulation might protect the workers or the public. It
isn't the CEO's fault--he doesn't (officially) write the laws,
and he should try to make as much money as he can. But the
citizenry has an interest in protecting and bettering ourselves
also, and the public good is not always in line with the
corporate model. As per the Estate Tax, I agree that