House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) recently made a complaint that sounded a bit like class warfare. “The Obamanomics that we’re practicing now have exacerbated inequality,” the far-right congressman said , adding that only “the wealthy are doing really well.”

Though the message doesn’t really match the messenger, this kind of chatter has become surprisingly common . Back in January, Mitt Romney, Mr. 47 Percent himself, told RNC members how concerned he is that “the rich have gotten richer” and “income inequality has gotten worse.” Before that, it was Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who complained, “Right now, the top 1 percent in this country, the millionaires and billionaires the president demagogues so much, earn a higher share of our national income than any time since 1928.”

The rhetoric has long seemed quite ridiculous given the policy prescription pushed by the likes of Ryan, Romney, and Cruz. But as Matt O’Brien noted , the concerns over economic inequality are especially farcical given the GOP’s push to scrap the estate tax on the wealthiest of the wealthy.

Indeed, the Paul Ryan-led House Ways and Means Committee just symbolically voted to end the estate tax entirely. In other words, to stand in solidarity with the heirs of the top 0.2 percent.