Money buys votes. Votes buy protection

Once again, when I see information like this, I call our attention to the words of a great Republican:

“I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.”
— Theodore Roosevelt

Did you know that there are more than 20 million millionaires in the US? Meanwhile Americans including children continue to die of poverty.

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The reason U.S. billionaires are taxed so low is because conservatives and Republicans protect them and keep voting for tax breaks for the rich. I understand how a crooked politician might vote for this since they are no doubt getting "donations" from these billionaires. What I don't understand is how the lower and middle class conservatives and Republicans seem to always support this as well. Many of them still seem to believe that trickle-down economics is a real thing. I know there are a few conservatives and Republicans on this site so maybe they can explain to me why they support protecting billionaires from being taxed.

Just think of how much good that a trillion dollars could do for the people of this country (the U.S.).

Don't let them dump their entire fortune into a foundation their family can control for generations.

Everyone should get a $5M tax break over the course of your lifetime for charitable contributions like that. After that, you pay taxes before you fund your foundation.