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Opinion: The reaction: Estate tax debate gets heated as commenters rail against Tim Rutten’s Saturday column

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Tim Rutten’s Saturday column, And the rich get richer, has gotten quite a response. Whereas our letters to the editor (which publish Tuesday) have largely been in support of Rutten’s argument against President Obama’s estate tax provision, online commenters spent the weekend railing against Rutten.

From the column:

‘It is particularly grotesque that, in this instance, those who derive their special advantage from the government by reason of the wealth they’ve amassed have secured this benefit by holding hostage the meager assistance Washington affords the one in 10 Americans who currently are jobless. In California, 12.4% of the workers are unemployed; in L.A. County, where bankruptcies have risen by 30% over the last year, nearly 13% are jobless. Of the 15 million Americans who are without work, 42% have been looking for a job for more than five months. An additional 9 million have been forced to accept part-time work, though they’d like full-time employment.’

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Compromise on estate taxes provides an unnecessary handout to a few thousand wealthy families

-- Alexandra Le Tellier

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