http://www.newamerica.net/people/ian_davidoff/recent_work The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2006/tax_inheritance_not_death <div class="teaser-content"> <p>Something is missing from the current debate over the hundred-year old estate tax. Instead of eliminating it or merely scaling it back to a point beyond recognition, we should instead be considering expanding the tax on money passed from one generation to the next.</p><p>Proponents of repealing the so-called death tax, which oftentimes taxes a person&#39;s earnings twice -- once when earned and then at death -- argue that it is unfair (not to mention morbid.)</p><p>Rather than pointing out the flaws in this fairness argument, opponents of estate tax repeal have fallen back on a divisive class-warfare approach. The estate tax&hellip; <a href="/publications/articles/2006/tax_inheritance_not_death">more</a></div><!-- /.teaser-content --> Ian Davidoff Maya MacGuineas The Washington Post Fiscal Policy Program Fiscal Policy Inheritance Tax Best of 2006 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:19:00 -0400 adminn 3785 at http://www.newamerica.net