Legislators are beholden to rich benefactors. Look what happened to estate tax exemption during Bush era. It went from $675k to $3.5million. http://wills.abou

Legislators are beholden to rich benefactors. Look what happened to estate tax exemption during Bush era. It went from $675k to $3.5million. http://wills.about.com/od/understandingestatetaxes/a/estatetaxchart.htm http://wills.about.com/od/understandingestatetaxes/a/estatet... And rather than letting Bush law expire, Obama boosted the exemption to over $5 million. This was a huge boon to wealthy class, and most people didn't even notice this crappy legislation from going into effect.