The Blue Jays Legacy Infield and the Inheritance Tax

The Toronto Blue Jays have been starting an infield of entirely the sons of professional baseball players. This has public policy implications, I write in my column this week: "Congress can impose a 100% tax on inherited wealth and seize the endowment of any college that offers the slightest admissions preference to children of alumni. But unless the government is going to take children away from parents at birth or outlaw father-son back yard batting practice or after-dinner games of catch, preventing what the levelers decry as a 'hereditary elite' is impossible." Please read the full column at the New Boston Post ("Blue Jays Infield Makes Case Against Inheritance Tax"), Reason ("What the Toronto Blue Jays' Infielders Can Teach Us About the Inheritance Tax"), Newsmax ("Blue Jays Infield Makes Best Case Against Inheritance Tax"), and the New York Sun ("How Legacy Players Are Changing Lineup in Big League Ball").