Re: Filibuster the "Death Tax" with Harry Reid's Pork-Filled Stimulus

Dear Senator and Congressman:

We the undersigned respectfully petition you to FILIBUSTER and stop the Death Tax Bills of both the House and the Senate, since they increase the deficit by over 800 Billion with no spending cuts of any kind. Here are 4 reason "stimulus spending" is bad for the economy:
  1. Stimulus packages steal THREE TIMES from our grandchildren, by A) seizing their inheritance by death tax, B) causing inflation that dilutes everybody's savings, and C) running up the national debt our children pay.

  2. Stimulus packages misdirect national resources. The government knows nothing compared to the free market, so it doesn't know as well as the market where to invest.

  3. Stimulus packages don't create sustainable jobs. Stimulus spending is short-term, so contracts are for short-term jobs, and hence the people hired to perform stimulus work can't expect any kind of long-term security. So stimulus spending creates fear and hoarding.

  4. Stimulus packages are selfish, pork-laden, and wasteful in federal bureaucracy. Pork spending is always selfish, benefitting politicians who give our money to their political supporters, buying campaign contributions or votes, but is not good for the country as a whole.
STOP THE DEATH TAX THAT STEALS OUR CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE!
  • The estate tax this century has reduced the stock of capital in the economy by approximately $497 billion, or 3.2 percent.
  • The estate tax is a leading cause of dissolution for thousands of family-run businesses. Estate tax planning further diverts resources available for investment and employment.
  • The estate tax violates the basic principles of a good tax system: it is complicated, unfair and inefficient.
  • The estate tax is a "virtue tax" in the sense that it penalizes work, saving and thrift in favor of large-scale consumption.
  • The enormous compliance costs associated with the estate tax are equal to the tax's revenue yield, or about $23 billion in 1998.
  • The estate tax raises very little, if any, net revenue for the federal government.
Benjamin Franklin noted over 200 years ago that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Sadly by combining death and taxes you cause many destructive outcomes, slow economic growth, reduce social mobility and waste productive activity.

FILIBUSTER THE "DEATH TAXc AND STOP THE STIMULUS PORK SPENDING BILL NOW!

Respectfully,
[YOUR NAME]
[ADDRESS]
[CITY], [STATE] [ZIP]
Concerned Citizen