Grand Oligarchic Party: What the estate-tax vote tells us about the Republicans

Spoiler: They aren't really interested in reducing income inequality

The part of the rich.
(Image credit: (David Pollack/Corbis))

Have you heard the news? Republicans are worried about the rise of economic inequality. We know because they told us. The party wants to spread the word that it stands with ordinary Americans and has plans to help them to move up the economic ladder and enjoy the fruits of the American Dream.

You've heard it before, you're going to hear it over and over again as we head into the 2016 presidential election cycle, and it's utter nonsense.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.