YOUR VIEWS: SHOULD CONGRESS REPEAL THE ESTATE TAX?(FORUM)(Letter to the editor)

From: The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: May 14, 2006 | Copyright information

Fairness demands repeal of tax

Forum columnist James Martin got it right in his estate tax article. The bottom line is that the estate tax taxes money a second time. Even though this is not the only instance in which we do this (for example, the sales tax does the same thing), it is still tax abuse and is fundamentally wrong.

Furthermore, columnist Mark Weisbrot indicates that the estate tax code is written such that it is slanted against wealthier individuals. This is the second wrong associated with the estate tax. If his numbers are correct and only 0.3 percent of the ...

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