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AFBF Forbes Oped & Video from Capitol Hill Event
by Palmer Schoening - No CommentsPosted on October 26th, 2011 2:32 pm
Former Treasury Economist Stephen Entin and AFBF President Dick Patten coauthored an oped which appeared today on Forbes.com explaining how repealing the Federal Estate Tax will reduce the deficit.
The article is based on a report we published last week showing that eliminating the Death Tax would cover just over 30% of the $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction the Super Committee must find by Thanksgiving.
You can learn more by watching this video of our event last week in Washington, D.C., attended by nearly 100 Capitol Hill staffers, journalists and others.
Don't be bamboozled. Repealing the estate tax - which, by the way, is supported by over 500 economists from across the country - is the best way forward.
Tags: death tax, estate tax, supercommittee
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Have you told the 112th Congress to Repeal the Death Tax?
- AFBI Highlights the Introduction of Senator Thune's Death Tax Repeal Bill
Thu, Mar 29, 2012 - AFBI Announces 2012 Recipients of the 1st Annual Champion of American Family Businesses Awards
Tue, Mar 27, 2012 - 7 Illinois Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives Sign AFBI's Death Tax Repeal Pledge
Mon, Mar 19, 2012
- A Score of the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Actby Stephen J. Entin, April 2011
- The Cost of Compromise: Impact of the 2011-2012 Estate Tax by Anthony Davies, December 2010
- Life Insurance Cash Cow: An Issue Brief on the Hidden Side of Estate Tax Lobbying by Tim Carney & Dick Patten, November 30, 2010
- Growth Consequences of Estate Tax Reform, by Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Cameron Smith, American Family Business Foundation, September, 2010
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.