September 2, 2010
The California senate race is in full swing and the death tax is a top-tier issue. A sign of the importance of the issue is the attempt by both candidates – Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican candidate Carly Fiorina – to position themselves in opposition to the death tax. Given California’s typically pro-tax culture, this is an...
August 31, 2010
Some people just don’t get it: destroying family businesses and jobs is not funny. Yet in a USA Today op-ed, Walt Disney heir Abigail Disney tells a joke of an argument in favor of the death tax. Her cartoonish description of the death tax issue might be humorous if not for the consequences of estate taxes on family business owners, farmers,...
August 20, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report yesterday about the effects of the Obama tax hikes. The report broke down earned revenues in terms of individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, social insurance taxes and “other revenues”.
The Federal Estate Tax, which is set to return in 2011 at a rate of 55 percent on...
August 19, 2010
Today is Cost of Government Day, the day Americans have finally earned enough income to pay off government spending for the year.
That’s a full month longer than just two years ago – but not surprising given the stimulus and other large government spending measures.
What’s unfortunate is that a lot of that spending was justified as a...
2010 Election:
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- Grassley: Senate will reach deal on estate taxes by year's end
Thu, Sep 2, 2010 - McConnell says Dems short tax votes
Thu, Sep 2, 2010 - Save-the-Date: Educational Briefing on Estate Tax Policy, September 16, 2010
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
- Death Tax Repeal will not Harm Charitable Giving, Adam Nicholson, Jan. 2010
- Myths And Realities Surrounding The Estate Tax, Davies & Yakolev, Dec. 2009
- Repealing Death Tax Will Create Jobs and Boost Economy, Fagan & Schoening, AFBF and FRC, Sept. 2009
The Death Tax fight will soon be decided in the halls of Congress by your representatives. AFBI is leading the fight for repeal in Washington, but we cannot do it alone.