Did you know that any money, apparently, in the pockets and bank accounts of ordinary people is a
gift from government? Witness Rep. Elijah Cummings today on MSNBC, in response to a question about the tax compromise hashed out by President Obama and Republican legislators:
"We are concerned about the estate tax. We're concerned about a number of things. We're also concerned about whether we can, in fact, afford this. Keep in mind--we are about to give $68 billion, over the course of a year, to 39,000 families through this estate tax item. That's a problem." [bold added]
That's "
give," as in GIFT. Well, Ho Ho Ho to you, too, Representative Cummings!
