What is more likely to affect a larger number of Piggingtonians – estate tax reform or tort reform.
I’d posit that Bush’s biggest blunder is abandoning the cause of tort reform. If ANYTHING would help turn this country away from it’s entrenched nanny-state ways – keeping the lawyer’s filthy mitts off our cash would be a great place to start.
How many of us pay too much for medical care, car insurance and other necessities? How many will be in the position of needing to be concerned with estate tax? I think the second number is dramatically smaller – but it does seem to have the effect of making a lot of people feel a lot more important when they bitch about it.
