Clinton proposes 65% tax on billionaire estates

Posted by | September 23, 2016 08:06 | Filed under: Politics


By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday proposed raising taxes on inherited property to 65 percent for the largest estates as she bolstered plans for tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans. Known by conservative opponents as the “death tax,” the estate tax, levied on property such as cash, real…

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12 responses to Clinton proposes 65% tax on billionaire estates

  1. Budda September 23rd, 2016 at 08:13

    Good start.

  2. mea_mark September 23rd, 2016 at 09:03

    They also need to go after the tax cheats that funnel money to their children before they die in an effort to avoid those taxes. Lots of scams like that out there.

  3. crc3 September 23rd, 2016 at 09:46

    Sock it to em Hillary!!

  4. William September 23rd, 2016 at 10:32

    Republicans want to eliminate estate taxes altogether because they believe the system penalizes families who want to pass down businesses
    Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4bb6aa1db9706f4413746a2447adba78fdf7651eca78bbb9c0b21d3cde6044cd.jpg

    • Mensa Member September 24th, 2016 at 23:47

      Does anybody to the one-liner better than John Fugelsang? (OK, in this case two. But you get my point.)

  5. anothertoothpick September 23rd, 2016 at 10:41

    A 65% tax would devastate the leisure class.

    This might mean that the heir’s might have to go out and get jobs.

    Many of them would rather starve than to feed themselves with their own hands.

  6. jybarz September 23rd, 2016 at 10:46

    Great stuff!

  7. amersham1046 September 23rd, 2016 at 20:29

    Only 65% , she is showing true Christian generosity

  8. bpollen September 24th, 2016 at 03:51

    It’s not so much a “death tax” as a “windfall profits” tax.

    • Mensa Member September 24th, 2016 at 23:47

      It’s also good for America.

  9. Mensa Member September 24th, 2016 at 23:41

    Massive, multi-generational wealth is bad for democracy.

    it’s nothing new but this election makes this very obvious.

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