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groundloop

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3. GQPers peddle the false narrative that the estate tax hurts the average American......

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 04:15 PM

Mar 26

when in fact estate taxes exempt up to $13.99 MILLION. Not very many of us have to worry about ever inheriting that much, and those that do inherit that kind of money can most certainly afford to pay it.

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Senate Majority Leader Pushes Estate Tax Repeal in GOP Bill Talks [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 26 OP

Always protecting the uber-rich, how nice of them :/ NotHardly Mar 26 #1

A loss of at least $33 billion a year. More debt. sinkingfeeling Mar 26 #2

That's not the point! More tax cuts for the wealthy - nothing else matters! kysrsoze Mar 26 #5

GQPers peddle the false narrative that the estate tax hurts the average American...... groundloop Mar 26 #3

And that's for an individual. A married couple effectively get double that (nearly $28 MILLION) progree Mar 26 #7

They always do this type of shit. Trouble is we don't reverse it much when we retake power. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 26 #4

There are no small farmers paying a death tax --amount is too far into the millions JT45242 Mar 26 #6

Not one decent, well-paying job will be created after this goes into effect wolfie001 Mar 26 #8