<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - estate-tax</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/estate-tax</link><description>Newsvine - estate-tax</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:43:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:56:56 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Why Do Some Families Establish a Life Insurance Trust?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Richards-7474805]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bob Richards-7474805]]></source><link>http://fb-bobrichards1671.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474564-why-do-some-families-establish-a-life-insurance-trust</link><guid>http://fb-bobrichards1671.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474564-why-do-some-families-establish-a-life-insurance-trust</guid><category>life-insurance</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>ilit</category><category>crummy</category><category>irrevocable</category><category>life-insurance-trust</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:43:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ataxingmatter: The Inequality Gap</title>
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I've long argued that the way to evaluate the economy is in terms of how well it is serving ordinary people who&nbsp;make up the middle class (roughly defined as the middle&nbsp;three quitiles of the income and wealth distribution)&nbsp; and how adequate is the safety net it pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[caltha-palustris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[caltha-palustris]]></source><link>http://caltha-palustris.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948468-ataxingmatter-the-inequality-gap</link><guid>http://caltha-palustris.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16948468-ataxingmatter-the-inequality-gap</guid><category>business</category><category>wall-street</category><category>military</category><category>michigan</category><category>poverty</category><category>social-security</category><category>unions</category><category>state-taxes</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>middle-class-workers</category><category>jobs-unemployment</category><category>democratic-egalitarianism</category><category>inequality-of-wealth-or-income</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:33:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Finally, a &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; breakthrough -]</title>
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While he didn't provide details, McConnell said on the Senate floor, "We've reached an agreement on all of the tax issues."
Multiple congressional sources tell CBS News that the two sides have agreed on a permanent income threshold for the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271641-finally-a-fiscal-cliff-breakthrough</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271641-finally-a-fiscal-cliff-breakthrough</guid><category>congress</category><category>taxes</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>gop</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>tea-party</category><category>president-obama</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:59:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A3C831CE-E378-7A20-DD89-430B748F407D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A3C831CE-E378-7A20-DD89-430B748F407D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Will &quot;Fiscal Cliff&quot; Accelerate Millionaire Deaths?</title>
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&nbsp;Economists Wojciech Kopczuk of Columbia University and Joel Slemrod of the University of Michigan studied how mortality rates in the United States were changed by falling or rising estate taxes. They note that while the evidence of "death elasticity" is "not overwhelming,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></source><link>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16215575-will-fiscal-cliff-accelerate-millionaire-deaths</link><guid>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16215575-will-fiscal-cliff-accelerate-millionaire-deaths</guid><category>politics</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:28:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillisEE364FE3-F868-7DC5-E46E-280F3EB65451.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillisEE364FE3-F868-7DC5-E46E-280F3EB65451.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox's Varney: 'Death Taxes' Prevent 'Us Strivers' From Leaving Our Money To Our Children</title>
<description><![CDATA[While Fox Newsies never seem to turn down an opportunity to divide our country into&nbsp;&ldquo;makers and takers,&rdquo;&nbsp;it seems that the children of the makers are automatically in that category by virtue of their birth. The talking heads love to argue about the importanc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newbroom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newbroom]]></source><link>http://newbroom.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16015218-foxs-varney-death-taxes-prevent-us-strivers-from-leaving-our-money-to-our-children</link><guid>http://newbroom.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16015218-foxs-varney-death-taxes-prevent-us-strivers-from-leaving-our-money-to-our-children</guid><category>taxes</category><category>savings</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>opportunity</category><category>fox</category><category>wealth</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>class-warfare</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:55:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newbroom63D01804-5AC1-C3B4-1C30-C5D242A20063.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newbroom63D01804-5AC1-C3B4-1C30-C5D242A20063.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Super-Rich to Congress: Tax Us When We&amp;#039;re Dead</title>
<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett is part of a group calling for an increase in estate taxes, arguing that:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15885388-super-rich-to-congress-tax-us-when-were-dead</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15885388-super-rich-to-congress-tax-us-when-were-dead</guid><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>warren-buffett</category><category>us-news</category><category>cnbc</category><category>wealth</category><category>tax-policy</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>super-rich</category><category>exemption</category><category>president-obama</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:51:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie727C4566-2ACE-C491-1F13-1E3CB91348B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie727C4566-2ACE-C491-1F13-1E3CB91348B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Rich people: Raise my death taxes! -- Responsible Wealth, a group of über-rich Americans that includes Warren Buffett, makes an earnest plea to Congress</title>
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While&nbsp;other critical tax issues&nbsp;have been largely overshadowed by the looming expiration of the Bush income tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, Congress is also debating what to do about another massive giveaway to the rich implemented under George W. &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15846054-rich-people-raise-my-death-taxes-responsible-wealth-a-group-of-ber-rich-americans-that-includes-warren-buffett-makes-an-earnest-plea-to-congress</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15846054-rich-people-raise-my-death-taxes-responsible-wealth-a-group-of-ber-rich-americans-that-includes-warren-buffett-makes-an-earnest-plea-to-congress</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>wealth</category><category>politics-news</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:44:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414999E836E75-0120-A306-6224-9D9385940148.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414999E836E75-0120-A306-6224-9D9385940148.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>15 Things the GOP Doesn't Want You to Know About Taxes and the Debt</title>
<description><![CDATA[15 Things the GOP Doesn't Want You to Know About Taxes and the Debt
The experience of the past three decades shows that for the GOP, there are only two certainties in life: debt and tax cuts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612936-15-things-the-gop-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-taxes-and-the-debt</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/01/13612936-15-things-the-gop-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-taxes-and-the-debt</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>debt</category><category>republican-party</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>capital-gains</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>american-workers</category><category>ronald-reagen</category><category>means-committee</category><category>great-recession</category><category>job-creators</category><category>income-equality</category><category>despite-republican</category><category>house-budget-chairman-paul-ryans</category><category>federal-tax-burden</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Sep 2012 23:27:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>10 things the GOP doesn't want you to know about taxes</title>
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With the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 once again set to expire at the end of this year, President Obama on Monday once again proposed temporarily extending them only for families earning less than $250,000 annually. Predictably, his Republican rival Mitt Romney called the ret&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12646937-10-things-the-gop-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-taxes</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/09/12646937-10-things-the-gop-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-taxes</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>romney</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>class-warfare</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>tea-party-republicans</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2012 22:02:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan8AABDD74-39D9-6C07-7C62-BFE243F3C332.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan8AABDD74-39D9-6C07-7C62-BFE243F3C332.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NC lawmakers set to discuss fate of estate tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[General Assembly members are discussing whether North Carolina's estate tax should be changed or repealed as its scope is about to expand.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601135-nc-lawmakers-set-to-discuss-fate-of-estate-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10601135-nc-lawmakers-set-to-discuss-fate-of-estate-tax</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>estate-tax</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:32:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>SuperPAC Super Payday: How Rich Donors Could Get Billions from Taxpayers | Crooks and Liars</title>
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Federal Election Commission filings released this week showed that conservatives groups are amassing an ocean of cash for the 2012 presidential campaign.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Loretta Kemsley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Loretta Kemsley]]></source><link>http://an-uncommon-scold.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/05/10324316-superpac-super-payday-how-rich-donors-could-get-billions-from-taxpayers-crooks-and-liars</link><guid>http://an-uncommon-scold.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/05/10324316-superpac-super-payday-how-rich-donors-could-get-billions-from-taxpayers-crooks-and-liars</guid><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>gingrich</category><category>romney</category><category>paul</category><category>billionaires</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>super-pacs</category><category>superpacs</category><category>walmart-heirs</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=An-uncommon-scoldA0532C53-D8BD-F808-4F58-8341CCC63679.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=An-uncommon-scoldA0532C53-D8BD-F808-4F58-8341CCC63679.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry Backs Radical National Sales Tax Plan To Starve Federal Government | TPMDC</title>
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Rick Perry's recent political manifesto Fed Up doesn't just hint that Social Security should be privatized. It also advocates for a farther-reaching overhaul of the tax code than most conservatives support.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7452924-perry-backs-radical-national-sales-tax-plan-to-starve-federal-government-tpmdc</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/23/7452924-perry-backs-radical-national-sales-tax-plan-to-starve-federal-government-tpmdc</guid><category>us</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>flat-tax</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fair-tax</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>tax-code</category><category>sixteenth-amendment</category><category>payroll-tax</category><category>federal-income-taxes</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA896C737-0E6A-5769-48CB-3A874781B8A6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA896C737-0E6A-5769-48CB-3A874781B8A6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Packs Super Committee on Debt with Super Liars on Taxes ~~~ Graphs that don't Lie!</title>
<description><![CDATA[... regurgitating bogus claims that "tax cuts pay for themselves" and spur "job creators" to his war on the estate tax, Jon Kyl has long been a leading fabricator of GOP tax cut myths.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7357311-gop-packs-super-committee-on-debt-with-super-liars-on-taxes-graphs-that-dont-lie</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/12/7357311-gop-packs-super-committee-on-debt-with-super-liars-on-taxes-graphs-that-dont-lie</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>growth</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>gdp</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>dave-camp</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:26:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Case for a 100% Estate Tax</title>
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I don't see by what right people should be allowed to order living  people how to dispose of their stuff after they're beyond caring. &nbsp;I  think people should be allowed to make generous gifts while they're  still alive, without gift tax.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Magic Moose]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Magic Moose]]></source><link>http://magicmoose.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6806602-the-case-for-a-100-estate-tax</link><guid>http://magicmoose.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6806602-the-case-for-a-100-estate-tax</guid><category>medicare</category><category>us-news</category><category>inheritance</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>kevin-drum</category><category>megan-mcardle</category><category>tax-elasticity</category><category>brad-delong</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:17:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why We Must Raise Taxes on the Rich  | Truthout</title>
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Yet, remarkably, taxes on the top have plummeted. From the 1940s until  1980, the top tax income tax rate on the highest earners in America was  at least 70 percent. In the 1950s, it was 91 percent. Now it&rsquo;s 35  percent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/06/6799389-why-we-must-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-truthout</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/06/6799389-why-we-must-raise-taxes-on-the-rich-truthout</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>tax-shelters</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>cayman-islands</category><category>democrat</category><category>right-wing</category><category>middle-class</category><category>corporate-welfare</category><category>property-taxes</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>payroll-taxes</category><category>sales-taxes</category><category>trickle-down-economics</category><category>super-rich-taxes-have-plummeted</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Jun 2011 23:28:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why not let the dead pay for Medicare?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Magic Moose]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Magic Moose]]></source><link>http://magicmoose.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723703-why-not-let-the-dead-pay-for-medicare</link><guid>http://magicmoose.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6723703-why-not-let-the-dead-pay-for-medicare</guid><category>budget</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>kevin-drum</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:51:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>10 Republican Lies Debunked</title>
<description><![CDATA[An article (with links) debunking 10 of the biggest lies perpetuated by the GOP.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467360-10-republican-lies-debunked</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467360-10-republican-lies-debunked</guid><category>politics</category><category>small-business</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>republican-party</category><category>obama</category><category>reagan</category><category>charitable-giving</category><category>congressional-republicans</category><category>fdr</category><category>new-deal</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>cap-and-trade</category><category>president-obama</category><category>republican-myths</category><category>republican-lies</category><category>reagan-tax-cuts</category><category>40-of-americans-pay-no-taxes</category><category>tax-cuts-increase-revenue</category><category>gop-fiscal-discipline</category><category>reagan-myths</category><category>reagan-tax-increase</category><category>rich-pay-too-much</category><category>taxes-on-small-business</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:35:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ryan Plan's &quot;Path to Prosperity&quot; Is Really For The Wealthy ... Millionaires Would Receive A $125,000 Per Year Tax Break While Programs for Middle-Income Families Are Slashed</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's name for his budget — "The Path to Prosperity" — is a cruel joke.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SueHughes72]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SueHughes72]]></source><link>http://suehughes72.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/10/6445615-ryan-plans-path-to-prosperity-is-really-for-the-wealthy-millionaires-would-receive-a-125000-per-year-tax-break-while-programs-for-middle-income-families-are-slashed</link><guid>http://suehughes72.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/10/6445615-ryan-plans-path-to-prosperity-is-really-for-the-wealthy-millionaires-would-receive-a-125000-per-year-tax-break-while-programs-for-middle-income-families-are-slashed</guid><category>politics</category><category>house-gop</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>tax-holiday</category><category>pell-grants</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>radical-right-wing</category><category>american-opportunity-tax-credit</category><category>2012-budget</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Republican policies don't care about poor people</title>
<description><![CDATA[Think back to the tax deal. The GOP's demands were: 1) the extension of the Bush tax cuts for high-earners; and 2) a massive cut in the estate tax. Put together, the two items will increase the deficit by close to a trillion dollars over 10 years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6391071-republican-policies-dont-care-about-poor-people</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/01/6391071-republican-policies-dont-care-about-poor-people</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>deficit</category><category>obama</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>wealth-gap</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>house-budget-cuts</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:55:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2010: How It Affects You</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that President Obama has signed the Tax Hike Prevention Act of 2010, taxpayers will have some certainty about their tax situation, if only for the next 24 months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[RAE in Maine]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[RAE in Maine]]></source><link>http://raevans95.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5757279-tax-hike-prevention-act-of-2010-how-it-affects-you</link><guid>http://raevans95.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5757279-tax-hike-prevention-act-of-2010-how-it-affects-you</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>jobless</category><category>alternative-minimum-tax</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>college-credit</category><category>child-credits</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Those Damn Rich People</title>
<description><![CDATA[Throughout the debate over the extension of the tax rates, aka the Bush tax cuts, we have witnessed a concerted effort by Democrats and Progressives to demonize the wealthy. This demonization has crossed over into the on-going argument over the Estate Tax, aka the Death Tax.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></source><link>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5669274-those-damn-rich-people</link><guid>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5669274-those-damn-rich-people</guid><category>congress</category><category>jobs</category><category>taxes</category><category>charity</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>philanthropy</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>millionaires</category><category>rich</category><category>politicians</category><category>progressives</category><category>wealthy</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>death-tax</category><category>anthony-weiner</category><category>job-creation</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:03:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>House rejects change to estate tax</title>
<description><![CDATA[The House has rejected a move by Democrats to raise the estate tax above levels agreed to by President Barack Obama and Republicans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5666727-house-rejects-change-to-estate-tax</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5666727-house-rejects-change-to-estate-tax</guid><category>us</category><category>tax</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>estate-tax</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:46:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sen. Bernie Sanders says 99.7% of American families would be exempt from estate tax(Verdict: True)</title>
<description><![CDATA[While the debate over the compromise tax agreement proposed by President Barack Obama has focused mostly on Bush's income tax cuts and whether they ought to be extended to wealthy Americans, the issue of estate taxes has also become a sticking point for some legislators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/14/5650886-sen-bernie-sanders-says-997-of-american-families-would-be-exempt-from-estate-taxverdict-true</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/14/5650886-sen-bernie-sanders-says-997-of-american-families-would-be-exempt-from-estate-taxverdict-true</guid><category>politics</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>sen-bernie-sanders</category><category>tax-deal</category><category>bernie-sanders-truthfully-stating-that-99-7-percent-of-americans-are-exempt-from-the-estate-tax-unde</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:51:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama and Republicans' tax deal; a graphical breakdown of the compromise</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama agreed to extend all the Bush tax cuts and provide a more generous estate tax in exchange for a continuation of refundable tax credits and a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641048-obama-and-republicans-tax-deal-a-graphical-breakdown-of-the-compromise</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5641048-obama-and-republicans-tax-deal-a-graphical-breakdown-of-the-compromise</guid><category>taxes</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>taxation</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>graphics</category><category>national-debt</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>info-graphic</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:08:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Estate Tax Proposal Draws Fire From Conservatives</title>
<description><![CDATA[A provision in President Obama's tax proposal to reinstate the estate tax next year is dividing some conservative groups, throwing another wrinkle into the contentious debate.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John S.-1381946]]></source><link>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/09/5617545-estate-tax-proposal-draws-fire-from-conservatives</link><guid>http://js10131979.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/09/5617545-estate-tax-proposal-draws-fire-from-conservatives</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>pelosi</category><category>compromise</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>death-tax</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:24:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>