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Interestingly, "death tax" was a term of propoganda created for the organized campaign against the estate tax. The story is told in the article below; it's wor
by hackuser 11y ago
Interestingly, "death tax" was a term of propoganda created for the organized campaign against the estate tax.
The story is told in the article below; it's worth a few bucks. It will change how you look at politics forever. Probably, like almost all Americans, you have no idea how carefully planned many of the political arguments everyone repeats [EDIT: as everyday conversation] are, and by just a few people:
http://www.psqonline.org/article.cfm?IDArticle=19132 http://www.psqonline.org/article.cfm?IDArticle=19132
- Gustomaximus 11y agoMaybe to my point we should rebrand it as 'deferred tax obligations'. Could even even give people the option to pay (for easy example) 2% estate tax yearly while alive or 30% at death type deal. I bet most would happily take the 'deferred tax' option.
- jivardo_nucci 11y agoSurely you could provide a reference not behind a paywall?