During the last Bush Presidency, as you may recall, there was a coordinated campaign to eliminate the Estate Tax, which has existed in some form in the United States since the 18th century. Rebranding it the “Death Tax” under the guidance of Republican pollster Frank Luntz, wrote that the term “kindled voter resentment in a […]
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Estate Tax good. American aristocracy bad.
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged American aristocracy, Americans for Prosperity, Bernie Sanders, class warfare, David Price, death tax, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013, estate tax, Frank Luntz, George Bush, H.R. 2429, Jim Matheson, Kevin Brady, Koch brothers, Mike McIntyre, oligarchy, Robert Reich, Steve Entin, tax policy, the top 1%, Theodore Roosevelt, threats to Democracy, Tom Buis, trickle down economics, wealth inequality 19 Comments