Comments on: Letter to Editor about recent Op-Ed on Estate Tax http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/ The voice of Clarksville, Tennessee Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blayne Clements http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Blayne Clements Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:52:55 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/#comment-41 Another friend of mine pointed me to a recent article by Molly Ivins on the subject. Here is the link in case anyone is interested. http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv Another friend of mine pointed me to a recent article by Molly Ivins on the subject. Here is the link in case anyone is interested.

http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?columnsName=miv

]]> By: Bill Larson http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Bill Larson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:49:59 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/#comment-36 I think we need to have a total overhaul of the tax system with the emphasis being on simplicity, fairness, no exemptions, and definately no deductions. I think we need to have a total overhaul of the tax system with the emphasis being on simplicity, fairness, no exemptions, and definately no deductions.

]]> By: Blayne Clements http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Blayne Clements Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:44:25 +0000 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2006/07/10/letter-to-editor-about-recent-op-ed-on-estate-tax/#comment-35 A good friend of mine emailed me the following information taht I thought was interesting: "If you factor in the Democrats proposal to raise the exemption to $5,000,000, then the estate tax would only affect the top 3,300 wealthiest people in the country! I got that from a very interesting book on the subject: Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else by: David Cay Johnston" Thanks David!! A good friend of mine emailed me the following information taht I thought was interesting:
“If you factor in the Democrats proposal to raise the exemption to $5,000,000, then the estate tax would only affect the top 3,300 wealthiest people in the country! I got that from a very interesting book on the subject:
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich – and Cheat Everybody Else by: David Cay Johnston”

Thanks David!!

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