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Bobby Scott: “The suggestion was that we would just pick one tax, the income tax, and only those that paid, there are other taxes that…”

On the recordJune 9, 2003
The suggestion was that we would just pick one tax, the income tax, and only those that paid, there are other taxes that a lot of people do not pay; a lot of people do not pay estate taxes. What portion of the people have estates when they die over $1 million?
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing tax policy and the fairness of income and estate taxes.

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