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Estate Tax Bill Passed in House Doesn't Spell "Relief" for Same-Sex Couples

Michael Steinberger | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Congress, Tax Policy, LGBT Families, Estate Tax, Equal Rights, Same Sex Couples Tax Issues, Politics News
Michael Steinberger

All of the proposals being circulated in Congress have titles asserting they provide estate tax "relief." However, one group that none of the proposals relieve from an unfair tax burden is hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples.

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Of Death Panels and Tax Policy

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxation, House of Representatives, Heritage Foundation, Congress, Estate Tax, Tax Policy Center, Death Tax, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The estate tax, which applies to transfers of assets to a person's heirs, is in reality little more than a conservative talking point. It is the "death panel" of tax policy and conservatives refer to it as such.

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Jeff Muskus

House Pushes Forward On Estate-Tax Break, Pushes Back Jobs Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: House, Economic Crisis, Job Creation, Estate Tax, Estate Tax Break, Steny Hoyer Estate Tax, Steny Hoyer, Politics News

Job creation will probably have to wait until next year but the House is determined to extend the estate tax break permanently before leaving for the ...

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Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Certified Financial Consultant, Goldman Sachs, Dr. Lawrence Summers, George W. Bush, Progressives, Obama Economic Team, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, K Street, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Bonuses, Lottery Winners, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington Real Estate, McNay Settlement Group, K Street Lobbyists, Republican National Committee, Charlie Rose, Richmond Kentucky, Double Digit Unemployment, Washington DC, Democratic National Committee, Clu, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Change We Can Believe In, Million Dollar Round Table, Big Money, Henry Paulson, Faculty Lounge, Structured Setlements, Alan Greenspan, Huffington Post, Small Business, President Obama, Sherrod Brown, Obama Administration, Main Street, Jobs, Depressions, Harvard, Ohio, Financial Crisis, Mark Twain, American College, Personal Finance, Msfs, Recessions, Chfc, Economic Crisis, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Kentucky, Don McNay, Economic Despair, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Mike and the Mechanics, Warren Buffett, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Partisanship, Estate Tax, Business News
Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

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Should We Keep Corporate Welfare for Big Insurance?

Dick Patten | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Small Business, Estate Tax, Economy, Business News
Dick Patten

While many proponents of the estate tax argue that it is the most progressive tax in the tax code, the fact is that it produces less than 1 percent of annual federal tax revenue while hurting family businesses.

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An Estate Tax Victory By Any Other Name

Chuck Collins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Warren Buffett, Anti-Tax, Estate Tax, Income Distribution, Wealth, Death Tax, Bloomberg, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Chuck Collins

Sometimes you can't declare victory until the other side concedes defeat. That's what happened Monday in the decade-long struggle over the future of the estate tax, our nation's only levy on inherited wealth.

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Max Baucus' Plan: What Do We Want? Less Quality! When Do We Want It? Now!

David Dayen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Coverage Subsidies, Insurance Industry, Budget Deficit, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Estate Tax, George W. Bush, Politics News
David Dayen

Paying for health care reform is all a matter of priorities -- help millions of uninsured people get the critical care they need, or give Paris Hilton a tax cut.

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The Middle Estate

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Rich, Income Equality, Wealthy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Mark Thoma, Middle Class, Estate Tax, Arthur Laffer, Business News
Harry Moroz

The estate tax is not about confiscating wealth for redistribution, but about encouraging spending during a wealthy individual's lifetime and limiting the intergenerational transfer of wealth.

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Taxing Matters

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Wayward Democrats, Conservative Economics, Inequality, Tax Day, Estate Tax, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The Wall Street Journal editorializes about the evils of the estate tax. Ari Fleischer is trotted out to complain that "redistribution of income" through the tax code "is getting out of hand." Really?

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Senate to Uber-Rich: "Help Is on the Way"

Bob Greenstein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Senate, Congress, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, Budget, Tax Cuts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Estate Tax, Recession, Politics News
Bob Greenstein

How did Senate proponents sell their colleagues on the idea of spending so much money to benefit the estates of the wealthiest one quarter of one percent of Americans who die?

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There's One in Every Family ...

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Sibling Rivalry, Wills, Family Traditions, Estate Struggles, Roles in the Family, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Living News
Jordan M. Atin

Even though every family is different, there are similarities in the roles and personalities adopted by the participants in an estate fight, with many assuming the role they have played in the family since childhood.

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What Parents Don't Realize About Their Wills

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: King Lear, Inheritance, Family Stress, Heiress, Estate Planning, Wills, Estate Tax, Family Feuds, Business News
Jordan M. Atin

Anticipating how their children will feel when they read those last words in the will is crucial if parents want to leave the most important legacy for their children -- family peace.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Panders To "Death Tax" Crowd

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, John McCain, Estate Tax, Politics News

Lashing out at the "estate tax" is nothing new for most Republicans -- though it would seem to be for Sen. John McCain. One way you can tell is by sim...

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Sam Stein

Pro-Clinton BET Founder Attacks Obama, Hints At Past Drug Use

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Controversial Comments, Bill Clinton, Democratic Primary, Social Security, Drug Use, Campaign Trail, Hillary Clinton, President Bush, 2008 Election, Robert Johnson, Estate Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News

Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, injected himself into the middle of a flaring campaign controversy on Su...

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