For the wealthiest few, Republicans don't just aim to eliminate the misnamed ``death tax,'' they want the death of all taxes. They have got some exit strategy, not for our troops sacrificing their all and facing death in Iraq, it is an exit strategy for billionaires from the tax burden that they should share to support our Nation. For whom do they spell relief today? Minimum wage? Won't raise it. Gas prices? Won't cut them. Drug prices? Won't lower them. Veterans' health care? Can't cover them. Student loans, Medicare, Medicaid? Cut, cut, cut. This is truly a ``cut-and-run'' Congress: cutting relief for most Americans while running up a huge deficit to finance more billionaire tax breaks. Will you benefit from these new tax breaks today? Take this quiz: Do you play Yahtzee or maintain a fleet of yachts? Do you wear a hard hat or a silk top hat? Do you drive a pick-up or own a gallery of Picassos? Do you pump gas by the gallon or sell it by the barrel? Only if the answer is the latter for all of these questions are you likely to be among the handful of Americans who benefits from not having to pay a tax that Teddy Roosevelt, back when there were a few Teddy Roosevelt Republicans, called a key to not having us copy the landed aristocracy of the European continent. This bill today goes beyond fiscal irresponsibility, it is true fiscal insanity, piling burden upon burden on our children and grandchildren. Mr.…
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