In Favor of a Strong Estate Tax

Noviembre 16, 2009

Original publication: BusinessWeek

Date of publication: November 16, 2009

Some anti-estate tax organizations are still working to gut the tax in the coming year. UFE board member Bill Creighton responds:

"The wealthy share a responsibility to America to pay taxes, and many wealthy people like me support the estate tax because we realize there can be no private wealth without public resources. It’s time for Congress to do what’s right and establish a strong estate tax starting in 2010."

Read the full debate online in BusinessWeek.

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