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 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...8yrs8Y

Yes, and we should eliminate it

 @9F82PPH from Florida disagreed…7mos7MO

The estate tax is used by the wealthy to hoard wealth, keeping it in the same circles for people who did not work for it to benefit it. It does not affect the poor or middle class much if at all.

 @9JHHRYC from Iowa commented…2mos2MO

Wrong. all my family is lower middle class and we lost our small family farm because the inheritance rate was so high we could not pay it. did you know unfarmable land still sells at the same price as farmable? so the creeks and waterways counted toward the land acerage, making the inheritance tax on a small farm 280k. we could not rent out the land for enough to cover a loan. that farm meant the world to me.

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 @8NK6PJ6Unity from Kansas answered…3yrs3Y

 @8GYHMN6 from Texas answered…3yrs3Y

 @988NN37from Pennsylvania answered…1yr1Y

 @8XLR4JX  from North Carolina answered…6mos6MO

No, it should mirror a progressive tax equivalent to both the deceased and the inheritant’s respective incomes.

 @97P4T88from New Jersey answered…1yr1Y

 @7PTCG38Democrat from Wisconsin answered…10mos10MO

Yes, reduce the estate tax rate to 28% but also lower the threshold to estates with a value greater than $2 million.

 @8P7G73C from Pennsylvania answered…3yrs3Y

 @9KZ7NML from Wisconsin answered…1wk1W

no but lower threshold to 2 million dollars and ty it with inflation and real estate prices also only do this if it was the second house owned by the person

 @9KWTZP7 from Michigan answered…2wks2W

I think the tax should be reevaluated and the budget should be looked at to maximize efficient spending.

 @9JWR4PY  from New York answered…1mo1MO

If people only own one home, it should not be taxed, but taxes on owning more properties should be increased.

 @9JW87V6 from North Carolina answered…1mo1MO

No, it should mirror a progressive tax rate based upon the value of the estate and the wealth of the recipient

 @8ZNJ923Independent from Pennsylvania answered…2yrs2Y

Only on estates of the richest 5% to prevent generational wealth transfer.

 @8ZMB2ZZfrom Maine answered…2yrs2Y

 @8Z33DVB from North Carolina answered…2yrs2Y

 @8Z2XTXN from Virginia answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, Estate tax should be based on both size of the estate totals and inflation.

 @8Z2KQ7Q from New York answered…2yrs2Y

I do not have enough information about this system to form an opinion.

 @8YZR8JH from Maryland answered…2yrs2Y

 @8YY7Q7MRepublican from Texas answered…2yrs2Y

 @8YY75FPSocialist from Virginia answered…2yrs2Y

 @8YN9XFH from California answered…2yrs2Y

 @8YMVB8B from Virginia answered…2yrs2Y

I guess we should keep it as it is since many people are fine with it

 @8YLRV9H from Illinois answered…2yrs2Y

 @8YKM7X9 from Georgia answered…2yrs2Y

It could go either way because not all tax rates are the same for each estate

 @8YKK7K3 from California answered…2yrs2Y

 @8Y68PCKGreen from North Carolina answered…2yrs2Y

 @8Y5THJN from North Carolina answered…2yrs2Y

Raise and lower for certain areas depending on the average income rates of an area

 @8Y58S6H from New York answered…2yrs2Y

Make sure people pay their taxes when they're alive and increase taxes for the very wealthy while reducing loopholes like offshore accounts.

 @8Y4WNDYProgressive from Ohio answered…2yrs2Y

Decrease it for lower income folk and increase it for higher income folk

 @8Y3NMJ6Peace and Freedom from New Jersey answered…2yrs2Y

 @8Y3MLRF from Maryland answered…2yrs2Y

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