Word: repeals
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...battle for an older fellow than, say, paint ball. Some years ago, it dawned on me that what's called class warfare in this country goes in only one direction--up. You are engaging in class warfare if you point out what sort of people would benefit from a repeal of the estate tax or if you raise the possibility that Dick Cheney's retirement package seems a tad overgenerous for a CEO who, by some reckonings, may have weakened the company. If you criticize welfare mothers for irresponsibility and laziness and immorality, on the other hand...
...said he is pro-life, but added he supports the distribution of RU-486--assuming it is safe--and is against the repeal of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade...
...Whether or not Gore's assertion is true depends on whether or not you include Bush's plan for repeal of the estate tax in the amount going to the wealthiest 1%. The Bush camp argues that the tax shouldn't be included, because not all estate-tax relief would go to the highest income bracket. But if even just half of it did, Gore's claim would be right...
Since 1998, Prejean has led a petition drive called "Moratorium 2000," an effort to repeal the death penalty in the U.S. and across the world. She has collected almost two million signatures...
These stories do not square with the hard facts. The Republicans are capitalizing on the public's misconceptions about the estate tax and the "marriage penalty." The Republicans would have the electorate believe that farmers and small businesses would benefit from the repeal of the estate tax. In reality, the biggest beneficiaries are the extremely wealthy. Recent polls show that 17 percent of Americans believe that they will be affected by the estate tax. However, only 2 percent of Americans ever actually pay it. Estates worth $5 million or more paid half of the estate tax in 1997. Farmers, about...