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jerseyjack Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:39 PM
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Restoring the Death Tax
So we want to reduce the national debt. We also want to increase employment. Repukes argue that the rich shouldn't be taxed because they create jobs. Well, dead people don't create jobs so lets restore the death tax.
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SDuderstadt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:41 PM
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1. If it was a "death tax"....
every estate would pay it.

Please quit using GOP framing. It is a transfer tax or an estate tax, not a "death tax".
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checks-n-balances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:46 PM
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3. Thank you, SDuderstadt!
I agree with the OP except for the framing that you mention.

If it's necessary to call it that name, it should have quotation marks, as you have used.
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:46 PM
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2. Estate tax. "Death tax" is a Republian catch phrase
designed to scare the average person into thinking that their assets will be taxed when they die. This is, of course, false for some 90% of this nation.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 09:47 PM
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4. It's already been restored.
Sigh.
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 10:04 PM
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5. How about, The Spoiled Rich kids Tax Give Away.
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