Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth

by IanShapiro (Author), Michael J Graetz (Author)

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  2006

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  Unravels the following mystery: how is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in 2001 with broad bipartisan support? This work is a portrait of American politics as viewed through the lens of the death tax repeal saga.