mr. speaker , i thank the gentleman for yielding me this time . 
listening to the debate that we have listened to from the other side , the sole argument seems to be that it only applies to a small amount of our population , the wealthiest among us . 
we know that , but i have yet to hear anybody to justify , to give us a good reason to say this is a good and fair tax and here is why . 
it seems to be that the argument is being centered around the punitive basis . 
let us go after the rich guys . 
let us go after them and do something . 
i am in favor of the hulshof bill to repeal the death tax simply because it is the right thing to do . 
the death tax is wrong . 
to go in and tax almost half of someone 's estate because they have accumulated a lot and to make death an incident of taxation is wrong . 
it is a wrong tax , and i can not imagine anybody getting up and justifying it , other than the fact it is a revenue stream to the federal government , but it is the wrong one . 
