Yes because rich old donors literally paid them to. I don't think the same dynamic exists now because the issues have shifted so much. Republicans have to contend with populism now, and death taxes only affect the rich. R donors have much bigger problems to worry about than death taxes.

Ah, well, as much as I like to call you a GOP partisan, you dissent from the GOP elite on some important points - for the better.

That said, I don't expect any legislation on death taxes. One of the problems with death taxes is that unless you're a communist, it doesn't produce revenues immediately. You need to wait. Congress is likely to assfuck our economy & debt to the point where they need to raise taxes in an emergency fashion.

The good thing about death taxes is that it deprives billionaires. The bad thing about them is that it gives money to the government.

It doesn't matter how much money the government sucks up - it's always looking for more. I know this from personal experience. Countries that raised the age of retirement just threw the savings into 'climate change' idiocy.

No because the Fed already has trillions in stock on its books & buys & sells them. The Government would not have to sell any stock immediately. It could slowly sell it off over time.

I'm not an 'End the Fed' kind of guy, but I was very shocked when I discovered that the Fed buys stocks. How much of the current economy is just a bubble?