How To Speak Republican

September 03, 2008

Original publication: The Guardian

Date of publication: September 3, 2008

Rightwing anti-tax advocates recast the estate tax as the death tax and portrayed it as government's final insult against hardworking Americans. In truth, with estates up to $2m exempt from taxes, less 0.3% of US estates, representing the absolutely wealthiest Americans, pay any estate tax at all, according to United for a Fair Economy.

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