William H. Frist said "I think the misrepresentation of the issue we are going to be voting on, on Friday, that has just been made by the assistant Democratic leader needs to be addressed. Right now, the bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office, is around--the cost of this death tax permanent fix--is around $267 billion; again, not the $1 trillion that has been laid out. And the issues of the dollars and the cents we can argue. What we start with, though, is the individual out there, who is running that farm, who is running that small business, who has been taxed again and again and again, is actually taxed on their death for a second time, a third time, a fourth time, and it is just wrong. I would argue it is wrong whatever the price is, although the price is about a quarter of the figure he put forward. It is important for us to act on what is right and what is wrong. That is why, on this Friday, we will be doing just that." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordAugust 1, 2006

I think the misrepresentation of the issue we are going to be voting on, on Friday, that has just been made by the assistant Democratic leader needs to be addressed. Right now, the bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office, is around--the cost of this death tax permanent fix--is around $267 billion; again, not the $1 trillion that has been laid out. And the issues of the dollars and the cents we can argue. What we start with, though, is the individual out there, who is running that farm, who is running that small business, who has been taxed again and again and again, is actually taxed on their death for a second time, a third time, a fourth time, and it is just wrong. I would argue it is wrong whatever the price is, although the price is about a quarter of the figure he put forward. It is important for us to act on what is right and what is wrong. That is why, on this Friday, we will be doing just that.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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