Still ANOTHER tax cut

They're insane. Or evil. Or both. Lately, I'm starting to think both. Read this excerpt from a Washington Post article entitled, "Estate Tax Lunacy":

Spring has given way to summer's full-furnace heat in Washington, apparently taking with it any scintilla of sense that Congress may yet possess.

In the House, Republicans who could not even raise an eyebrow at reports that the National Security Agency has been conducting warrantless wiretaps of Americans became instant civil libertarians when the FBI conducted a search of a congressman's office.

The Senate, meanwhile, is scheduled next week to take up legislation by Arizona Republican Jon Kyl that would permanently repeal the estate tax on the wealthiest Americans. If enacted, Kyl's bill would plunge the government another trillion dollars into the red during the first decade (2011-2021) that it would be in effect.

The Republicans hate the social safety net so much that they're willing to destroy the country over it. We simply cannot sustain our debt. The dollar is going downhill, next interest rates are going to go sky high and we'll all be in a serious pickle. But the wealthiest 1% have theirs so screw the rest of us, right?