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Kent Conrad: I would like to try to harmonize the numbers because I don't want to leave people with the misimpression that we have…

On the recordMarch 12, 2008
I would like to try to harmonize the numbers because I don't want to leave people with the misimpression that we have some difference on the numbers because I don't think we do. The Senator is talking about 131,000 estates possibly being affected. But that would be at the million-dollar-a-person exemption level; is that not the case?
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing estate tax exemptions and their impact during a Senate debate.

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