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Entry: Who (or What) is James Kirchick? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/who_the_fck_is_james_kirchick#2104 Post contents: Justin (to my mind, inexplicably) writes "There is no good argument for the Estate Tax." WHAT? THE? FUCK? ARE? YOU? TALKING? ABOUT? Marty Peretz is only one of the paradigm cases in favor of it. Another? The Bushes, pere et fils. Others? Any Walton heir you'd care to name. Paris Hilton. Tucker Carlson. The entire Koch (oil) family. Mr. "Flat Tax" Steve Forbes. No less a wealthy and successfully progenitor than Bill Gates, Sr, is on record: "The estate tax should be regarded as just paying back to the country for all the wonderful things it's made possible for the people who have that wealth," he said. "I don't think there's any great societal goal being served by inherited wealth." Sent at: 2008 11 19