Cunning, rich Republicans duped ordinary Americans into repealing the estate tax paid only by the richest man in every 300, by labelling it an “IRS death tax” and convincing them it applied to every American rich and poor. Why take the tax burden off the richest citizens and put it on the shoulders of those much less capable of bearing it? Why take taxes off the dead and put them on the living? When you are dead is the least painful time to pay taxes. Similarly for the heirs, the best time in your life to pay tax without it being onerous is just after a windfall.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 61)