Tax the wealthy: why America needs the estate tax. (Common Wealth).
American Prospect, The, June, 2002 by Collins, Chuck
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FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, A POWERFUL GROUP OF special-interest organizations has waged a multimillion-dollar campaign to turn public opinion against a tax that falls on the wealthiest 2 percent of the population. It worked. The "death tax," many Americans now believe, afflicts family farmers and small-business owners, robbing them of the opportunity to bequeath their lives' fortunes to their children.
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The people pushing this line include the heirs to the Gallo wine and Mars candy fortunes, along with an organized association of more than 100 independent newspaper ...
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