[ConstantineX]

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I don't find objections to the repealing estate tax unreasonable. If we, as a society, concerned about the equality of opportunity from birth, and the morality about the manner which one acquires money - which libertarians DO care about, though the rhetoric heavily focuses on the voluntarism of the transaction. But here's a question to conservatives - if you oppose illegal immigration on grounds that poor immigrants will come vote overwhelmingly for the welfare state, why not employ the same reasoning towards some rich, hereditary plutocracy? Shouldn't one be similarly concerned about this problem?

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I don't see how the "same reasoning" applies, exactly. Then again, I don't oppose immigration, so I may not have the right mindset. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] But those who oppose immigration usually say "they're taking our (jobs,welfare, whatever)." Supporting an estate/inheritance tax would make the supporter the one taking, wouldn't it? Person A giving his own property to Person B does not "take" anything from Person C.

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That isn't the same argument. The one you mentioned argues that the immigrant poor compete with the native poor driving down wages. I'm arguing just strictly about the effects of immigrant poor on political voting and then policy. I think they are different realms, though of course one does affect the other.