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06/27/2005 Entry: "...every American child facing a 'birth tax' of about $150,000"

"America's fiscal mess may be even harder to write about engagingly than Darfur, because the victims of our fiscal recklessness aren't weeping widows whose children were heaved onto bonfires. But if you need to visualize the victims, think of your child's face, or your grandchild's.

"President Bush has excoriated the 'death tax,' as he calls the estate tax. But his profligacy will leave every American child facing a 'birth tax' of about $150,000.

"That's right: every American child arrives owing that much, partly to babies in China and Japan. No wonder babies cry."
A Glide Path to Ruin, by Nicholas D. Kristof, NY Times Op/Ed, June 27, 2005

Yet another reason I'm glad I never wanted kids (but proofreading would have been good). Hey, psycho Republicans, doncha love your kids? Isn't this a crappy thing to do to your kids? I know you don't care about anybody else's kids, but this bill is for your kids, too.

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