Did He Say That ?

Chris Field at Townhall.com posted an interesting comment on the President’s State of the Union Speech.  Mr. Field quotes the President as saying:

“We measure progress by the success of our people. By the jobs they can find and the quality of life those jobs offer. By the prospects of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a thriving enterprise. By the opportunities for a better life that we pass on to our children.”

Mr. Field points out that in the above statement “the president made the Right’s case for eliminating the Death Tax.”  If the American dream is to pass on your wealth to your children, why are the Democrats so intent on taking that wealth away from you when you die?  How many family farms or small businesses had to be sold to pay the death tax because the wealth of the business was not in liquid assets?  President Obama, if you understand that the American dream is a better life for our children, why are you trying to take that dream away from us?