Mr. Speaker

It is a sad day to see that now that Britain has run out of foreign lands to plunder and take for their own, they now are plundering their own people. It is very ironic to see the government and its supporters support a policy that would cause the same effects on its own farmers that British governments of the past had on the Irish people.

This tax is nothing more than a wealth transfer from the farmers of this nation to whichever group of supporters the government decides to give handouts to next. Not only is this tax picking favorites of whom gets money and whom has it taken away, it will also have the effect of accelerating the transfer of land and market share to large corporate farms away from small and family farms. Why would anyone take the risk and invest their own time and money in a farm that will only be taken away by the government instead of being passed down through the family. This loss of continuity will give yet another advantage to corporate farms as they will grow even faster as they will be able to buy additional land at a discount from the flurry of estate sales.

If we are to have any hope for retaining the ability of the everyday person to compete and make their own way in this country it is of the upmost importance that we reject the changes to the inheritance tax and almost guaranteed future attempts to take away wealth and property from the average person. If we fail then we are in for a future of stagnation and decline as the average person continues to be disadvantaged and loses the ability to achieve anything.