Burdensome debt, taxation

 

From The Detroit News:

 

There are two current issues that highlight the attitude of the United States government toward the citizen that pays for it. One is the estate tax by which heirs are often not allowed to inherit the full amount of the estate that the parents intend for them to have. The other is the enormous national debt, which all individuals automatically inherit.

 

In the first case, the government is robbing the grave. In the second, it is robbing the cradle.

 

Keith P. Edwards, St. Clair Shores