Who are those Eighteen Families that want the Death tax repealed so Badly?

[acmejack]

Allyn-Soderberg Family (Welch Allyn Inc.), Blethen Family (Seattle Times Co.), Cox Family (Cox Enterprises, Inc.),
DeVos and Van Andel Families (Alticor/Amway), Dorrance Family (Campbell Soup Company), Gallo (E&J Gallo Winery), Harbert Family, Johnson Family (BET, RLJ Development Co.), Koch Family (Koch Industries), Mars Family (Mars Inc.),
Mayer Family (Captiva Resources), Nordstrom Family (Nordstrom Inc.), Sobrato Family (Sobrato Development),
Stephens Family (Stephens Inc.), Timken Family (The Timken Company), Walton Family (Wal-Mart), Wegman Family (Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.).

[Ezlivin]

1. They are the very picture of the needy

[bluestateguy]

2. The Walton family

Nancy Walton's daughter needs the money since she had her degree from USC revoked for cheating her whole way through college.

A memory refresher:

http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/paper679/news/2005/10/14/News/Laurie.Returns.Her.Usc.Degree-1021206.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailytrojan.com

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. If they all lost 50% of their net worth, and it was given to the

poor, they'd never miss it and poverty would be virtually eliminated.

[unblock]

7. ha! wal-mart would just raise prices

and wind up with the money regardless.

it's just that they'd have to EARN it in the course of business, instead of just getting a handout from the banana republicans with the keys to the coffers.

[Generic Other]

4. Are they the main ones who would benefit or are there others?

It is interesting to see who really is the hand that jerks the puppets' strings.

[ThomCat]

5. The Wegmans family

The more I hear about these people the less I like.

[Aviation Pro]

6. DeVos and Van Andel Families (Alticor/Amway)

No surprise here that the biggest criminal pyramid scheme family want to keep their stolen monies in the family.

[Lefty48197]

10. DeVos family is trying to buy the Governorship in Michigan

So far, they've spent well over ten million bucks on tv ads trying to convince the voters that they aren't Republicans. Dick DeVos is one heck of a Stepford Husband.

[etherealtruth]

8. What "death tax"

... I think its the HUGE estate tax (small estates really wont be effected, as most recipients of smaller estates aren't paying tax)

[acmejack]

11. You notice it is in Quotations!

I am painfully aware it's correct name is the Estate Tax, in fact I am all for naming it the "Let's Tax the Rich, Over-Privileged SOBs 99% Of Their Parents Wealth and Let Them See if They Can Make it Like the Rest of Us in the Land of Opportunity" or a more manageable pronounceable substitute version.

[etherealtruth]

12. I didn't doubt that you knew it was the estate tax ....

I didn'y even really doubt that you knew that most smaller estate estates DON'T pay tax ... I like to throw it out there to remind everyone that this is another gift to the VERY rich.

That's why I only refer to it as the "large" or "huge" estate tax.

[Strelnikov_]

9. There Is No 'Death Tax'. Do You Mean The ESTATE TAX? n/t

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. I like to call it the Lazy Heir Tax. -nt

[etherealtruth]

14. ... or, how about the ....

"We're entitled to obscene wealth" tax?

[Joanne98]

16. The Worthless Bum Tax relief act....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. It has to be short and repeatable

It should be even shorter than "Lazy Heir Tax", but that's the best I could come up with.

[Joanne98]

15. Timken Family also owns DIEBOLD!

I live in Ohio and whenever I see one of there Timken trucks I flip off the driver.