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Glenn Thompson: “I like to call it what it is: it's a death tax. And we know that today, as a result of these tax cuts, the schedule that…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2010
I like to call it what it is: it's a death tax. And we know that today, as a result of these tax cuts, the schedule that was set up almost 10 years ago, for someone that passes away in 2010, the death tax is zero percent.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Dec 8, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing the implications of tax cuts on the estate tax.

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