Civil Rights
Feb. 11, 2004
Windfall for Richer, But Not for Poorer
Few comparisons highlight our government's bias in favor of the wealthy more than that between the phasing out of the estate tax and the nonpayment of reparations over slavery. Receiving very different treatment, both the estate tax and reparations ultimately involve policy questions concerning entitlement by children to the fruit of their ancestors' labor.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender, Kern County Public Defender's Office
Few comparisons highlight our government's bias in favor of the wealthy more than that between the phasing out of the estate tax and the nonpayment of reparations over slavery. Receiving very different treatment, both the estate tax and reparations ultimately involve policy questions concerning entitlement by children to the fruit of their ancestors' labor.
To be sure, former slaves, if alive today, would be entitled to compensation for their work, if not for the degradation, hu...
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