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->> On 21 Jun 06  17:34:00, BOB KLAHN got back to DANNY CEPPA
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 BA>>> True.  But my point was that those rich folks who think we should
 BA>>> *all* pay more in taxes don't volunteer to pay more themselves.
 DC>
 DC>> They do whatever they can to get out of paying them.


 BK>> Not if they are opposing tax cuts, or making tax cuts permenant.

 DC> There aren't many of them doing that.

 DC> You named one.  Name another one.


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 Press Release
 For Immediate Release - February 14, 2001
 Contact:Betsy Leondar-Wright
 bleondar-wright@faireconomy.org <mailto:bleondar-wright@faireconomy.org>

 Bill Gates, Sr., George Soros, Steven Rockefeller, 100 Others
 Oppose Estate Tax Repeal

 Repealing the estate tax "would be a terrible mistake,"
 equivalent to "choosing the 2020 Olympic team by picking the
 eldest sons of the gold-medal winners in the 2000 Olympics."

 ?Warren Buffett in this morning?s New York Times

 Over 100 prominent business and philanthropic leaders today
 issued a joint statement, covered on the front page of today?s
 New York Times, opposing President Bush?s proposed repeal of the
 estate tax. Signers include William H. Gates, Sr.; George Soros;
 Steven C. Rockefeller and other members of the Rockefeller
 family; Ben Cohen; art patron Agnes Gund; other philanthropists;
 and members of Responsible Wealth with both new entrepreneurial
 wealth and old inherited wealth. (See statement and partial
 signer list below.)

 Conference call: Responsible Wealth will host an opportunity for
 journalists to interview Bill Gates, Sr., Chuck Collins of
 United for a Fair Economy, and other critics of estate tax
 repeal on Tuesday, February 20 at 1 p.m. EST. Some signers of
 the statement are also available for one-on-one interviews.

 "Repealing the estate tax would leave an unfortunate legacy for
 America?s future generations," the signers warn. Repeal would
 undermine philanthropy and "would enrich the heirs of America?s
 millionaires and billionaires while hurting families who
 struggle to make ends meet." The signers say, "Let?s fix the
 estate tax, not repeal it." For more information, visit
 www.responsiblewealth.org.

 Responsible Wealth is a national network of businesspeople,
 investors and affluent Americans concerned about deepening
 economic inequality and advocating widespread prosperity.

 ...

        A Call to Preserve the Estate Tax

 We believe that complete repeal of the estate tax would be bad
 for our democracy, our economy, and our society. Repealing the
 estate tax, a constructive part of our tax structure for 85
 years, would leave an unfortunate legacy for America?s future
 generations.

 Only the richest 2 percent of our nation's families currently
 pay any estate tax at all. Repealing the estate tax would enrich
 the heirs of America?s millionaires and billionaires while
 hurting families who struggle to make ends meet.

 The billions of dollars in state and federal revenues lost will
 inevitably be made up either by increasing taxes on those less
 able to pay or by cutting Social Security, Medicare,
 environmental protection, and many other government programs so
 important to our nation's continued well-being.

 The estate tax exerts a powerful and positive effect on
 charitable giving. Repeal would have a devastating impact on
 public charities ranging from institutions of higher education
 and land conservancies to organizations that assist the poor and
 disadvantaged.

 We recognize the importance of protecting America's family
 farms and small businesses, and the estate tax has many special
 provisions that do so. But this concern ? the rationale usually
 advanced for eliminating the estate tax ? can be addressed by
 amending the existing estate tax system.

 Let?s fix the estate tax, not repeal it!

  Signed,

  William H. Gates, Sr.
  Steven C. Rockefeller
  Eileen Rockefeller Growald
  Robert Cook
  Agnes Gund
  Henry and Edith Everett
  Peter Barnes
  George Soros
  Ben Cohen
  Richard and Jing Lyman
  Martin Rothenberg
  Roger Rath
  Mal Warwick
  Katherine Pillsbury
  David Rockefeller, Jr.
  Judy Wicks
  Mike Lapham
  Carol Bernstein Ferry
  Franklin and Jinx Roosevelt
  Sarah Stranahan
  and over 100 others
...

<https://FairEconomy.org/order/index.html>

United for a Fair Economy, 29 Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108. Voice:
617/423-2148 Fax: 617/423-0191
Copyright ©1996-2005 United for a Fair Economy. All rights reserved.

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