the left needs some punchy slogans, rather than punching each other.
(I'm afraid if I tried to be "punchy" by saying "give me socialism or give me death," most people would give me the latter.)
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Henwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 3:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PEN-L:26801] Re: Re: Inheritance tax is Marxist
>
>
> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> >Why are the Repugs so brilliant in framing issues? The
> Death Tax wording
> >is a stroke of genius.
>
> And Gramm saying "death shouldn't be a taxable event" is too. The NYT
> quoted that, balanced by a liberal saying "we don't tax deaths, we
> tax inheritances," but that's nowhere near as punchy.
>
> Doug
>
