The 'Death Tax' Scam

"On a bright April day in Barack Obama's America, where equality is on the rise and greed is on the run, a Democratic senator from an impoverished Southern state took a brave stand — on behalf of the country's richest families..."  

Original publication: Rolling Stone

Date of publication: 05/27/2009

Some of America's richest families having been pouring money into fighting the federal estate tax for years.   They call it the 'death tax,' but 99% of all Americans will never pay it, and that's not because they are immortal.

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