Conservative flim-flam

Kevin Drum at Political Animal has an interesting post today about the underhanded shenanigans of some congressional Republicans. The same group who has fought tooth and nail to get rid of the estate tax (which benefits the wealthy) is now looking to close down the loopholes that allow the middle class to avoid paying these same taxes. In essence, it's ok to avoid these taxes if you're wealthy, quite another if you're not. I'm all for closing these loopholes, or more precisely, I'm all in favor of finding a system in which people are obligated to pay their fair share. But to suddenly attack the middle class when you've gone to great lengths to make sure the rich get to have their cake and eat it too...that's just pathetic. Conservative flim-flam at its finest.

Read the whole post for more details on the audacity of demanding of the middle class what you've just exempted the upper classes from.