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“The estate tax is double taxation! It's stealing family farms!”
What You Say
The estate tax applies to fortunes above $13.6 million per person — less than 0.1% of estates pay any tax. Family farms have had special exemptions for decades; the 'family farm' argument is a lobbying myth. Wealth passed down without labor is the closest thing to aristocracy American tax law allows.
The Stab
Less than 0.1% of estates pay it. Your uncle's truck isn't the target.
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