tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post114954241773993273..comments2023-10-12T21:03:12.188-07:00Comments on Left-Over: If We Allow Them to Repeal the Estate Tax, It’s Game Over.left-overhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05090065395667863082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post-1149607158769031052006-06-06T08:19:00.000-07:002006-06-06T08:19:00.000-07:00There is no doubt that a repeal of the estate tax ...There is no doubt that a repeal of the estate tax would benefit many in the current Administration and in the private sector. As Harold Meyerson pointed out in a Washington Post editorial last week, <BR/><BR/>"an estate tax repeal would save the estate of Vice President Cheney between $13 million and $61 million, according to the publicly available data on his net worth. It would save the estate of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld between $32 million and $101 million. The estate of retired Exxon Mobil chairman Lee Raymond would pocket a cozy $164 million."<BR/><BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/30/AR2006053001182.html<BR/><BR/>I am working with the Coalition for America's Priorities to raise awareness about the effects of a repeal of the estate tax. This is the last issue the Senate should address while they continue to raise the debt limit, are running huge deficits, and have trmenedous financial obligation both at home and aborad. A repeal would cost $75 billion a year and $1 trillion overall. <BR/><BR/>I would urge everyone to take a look at the Coalition's website to learn more and to contact your Senators ASAP about this issue. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>http://www.coalition4americaspriorities.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post-1149555880458559962006-06-05T18:04:00.000-07:002006-06-05T18:04:00.000-07:00Show the public how most people feel by voting aga...Show the public how most people feel by voting against repeal of the estate tax<BR/><BR/>http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Promos/P151597.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post-1149553779390708712006-06-05T17:29:00.000-07:002006-06-05T17:29:00.000-07:00LWJ-Point taken that it's not the "ultimate goal" ...LWJ-Point taken that it's not the "ultimate goal" to end the estate tax. <B>Enriching themselves</B> was the ultimate goal! Ending the estate tax is the clincher that allows them to keep it in the family, even if they hoarded more than they can spend in a lifetime!seenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830315020073256903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18243814.post-1149548983154916992006-06-05T16:09:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:09:00.000-07:00I'm not sure that the repeal of the estate tax is ...I'm not sure that the repeal of the estate tax is the "ultimate" goal of this administration, but I do believe that it would be the ultimate bitch-slap of the average American by the Old Money and corporate criminal classes that this administration most ably represents. What kills me is that so many otherwise intelligent people are taken-in by the "death tax" rhetoric. If there is one form of income that SHOULD be taxed the MOST heavily, it is the unearned, and often undeserved income that the rich bestow on their offspring upon their passing. Why should you or I be taxed on the money we earn through honest, productive work, while Paris Hilton stands to collect BILLIONS, tax free, based on an accident of birth? And don't give me that "it's already been taxed" crap. Baron Hilton's earnings were taxed. When the Baron kicks the solid gold bucket, they ain't his earnings anymore. He's DEAD! His former earnings will rain down like manna from heaven on his sleazy ho daughters, and they damn well should have to pay AT LEAST as high a percentage to Uncle Sam as I do of my pitiful salary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com