*Loan,banking and credit>>>estate tax

What was the point of tying in the estate tax with raising the minimum wage?

Shouldn't these two issues be treated seperately? Why link them together? The estate tax isn't even an issue right now anyways...

Quote from the link: "The estate tax doesn't have to be addressed until the end of 2010, when current law expires"

It's from FOX news, so don't give me no liberal media bull..
http://search.foxnews.com/_1_2wtrtic02ps...

Votes! What better way to earn votes then to give something to the rich and give something to the poor. By putting the two together they've given the democrats a Catch-22. If they vote against the bill because they are not in favor of cutting the estate tax then they don't care about the poor if they vote for it they're in favor of cutting taxes. It gets the Republicans votes because the poor working class will say "great look at what they've done for us" and the rich will say the same. moderates will see whats happened and say great they're helping the poor and im getting somthing to. On a side note in my opinion, its worth cutting the estate tax to raise minimum wage but it is kind of a cheap trick by the republicans.

Peace. Love. Unity. Tim D

to negate "class warfare" typical Demo tactic...
Typical game played in politics whereby one party gives its consent to a bill it otherwise would not endorse unless it gets something out of it that it has been wanting but would not get without being willing to give something in return. You know the old, "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours". It is ridiculous but is a tactic that has been used by both parties for years and its unfortunately doubtful we'll ever see an end to it. For the record, trying the estate tax to minimum wage was a Republican tactic.
The point was so the Republicans wouldn't have to raise the minimum wage. They wanted it voted down to keep the poor people poor and themselves rich. They knew the Dems would never go for it.
Simple, it was a typical dirty campaign trick, Karl's specialty.

During the upcoming campaign, if a Democratic incumbant voted for the bill, the Republican challanger can say "Democrat X voted to give tax breaks to millionares". If a Democratic incumbant voted no on the bill, the Republican challanger can say "Democrat X voted no to a badly needed minimum wage increase".

Either way, fodder for the Rove slime machine.
It's called poisoning a bill, both sides do it all the time. An example: X president wants to start a new highway system that will cost countless trillions, XX Senator proposes an amendment that will require an equal amount of money to be spent on bananas that will be fed to monkeys. Thus negating the bill.
They do it so that the minimum wage will never be raised, duh! If you believe what they tell you on Fox you're dummer than you look!