corporate america take off, look at the stock market, the dow hitting 23,000. it s taken off. it s doing fine and dandy. companies have plenty of money. they re choosing not to pay their workers more because they re not forced to. it will result in share backs, dividends or investments that don t necessarily result in hiring for people and paying anyone more. the last time there was repatriation in 2004, even companies that said they would pay their people more didn t. why do they always put estate tax in. every one of the goody s bag includes the estate tax. you can give your kids $5 million per parent and there s no tax. it s only when you get beyond 11 total that it affects people s taxes. there are not that many people with $11 million to give their kids. why don t they keep doing snit. dare i say, it doesn t impact those people. who are some of the highest paid most skilled lawyers, the ones with the biggest beach houses in your neighborhood? tax lawyers. it s what they do.