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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 09:51 PM
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Anyone have any good articles on the repeal of the death tax
and the consequences........how many dollars will be out of circulation?
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sasha031 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 09:56 PM
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1. Paul Krugman
Would have a collection of them...it was called the Estate Tax, the right wing framed it into the death tax, losing the family farm crap.
But do research into the NYT archives with Krugman and you will find volumes.
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Extend a Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 09:58 PM
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2. estate tax
more accurately describes it. Calling it a "death" tax was clever reThuglican framing.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 09:59 PM
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3. Repealing the ESTATE TAX creates a BIRTH TAX
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 10:00 PM
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4. Please do not call it the "Death Tax"
Properly it was the Estate Tax.

The Republicans, in order to make it's repeal more palatable to the middle class, call it the 'Death Tax'.
It is not.
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ultraist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 10:04 PM
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5. I prefer the term: Inheritance taxes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_tax

The U.S. federal government imposes an estate tax, calculated as a percentage of the part of the estate that exceeds the current exempted value. For 2005, an estate with a value less than $1,500,000 would not pay an estate tax and most likely would not have to file an estate tax return. Many U.S. states also impose their own estate or inheritance taxes (See state estate tax).

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serryjw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-25-05 10:11 PM
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6. Sorry....That was my error
n/t
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