Ruth Marcus - Bush's Stealth Tax Increase - washingtonpost.com

That leaves the middle class, the better-off and corporations to divvy up the tab. In that context, does it really make sense to permanently repeal the estate tax? To leave in place lower tax rates for the richest Americans? To continue to tax capital gains and dividends at far lower rates than ordinary income? These are the choices that the Bush budget entails, even if it fails, deliberately, to spell them out.

These questions are what Americans need to ask their leaders. There are going to be expenses in government and people like their military and other government services. Do you want the middle-class to pay or maybe those that can most afford it (and don't care as much since they have passed onto the great beyond) should?