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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
That's marxism, not socialism. Based on Marx's theory, a socialist system would best implement the proper outcome. But one can get to socialism without marx's labor theory of value (which derives from Smith, so hardly uniquely supports socialism).
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Marx was a socialist. And I never suggested that a labor theory of value is uniquely socialist. In fact, I'm the one who has been consistently arguing that the assertion that an estate tax, whether as an excise on the transfer of wealth or as a means of wealth redistribution, isn't socialist.
Up until now, I've been fairly polite about it. But, since people want to keep pushing the issue and using it as a straw man, let me sugggest that anybosy who truly thinks that the estate tax is socialism is a buffoon and completely ignorant of the principles underlying tax policy as well as socialism.
