Comments on: Axing death tax a boon to the middle class http://www.sghousing.com/2008/02/21/axing-death-tax-a-boon-to-the-middle-class/ A Value-Added Singapore Real Estate Site Fri, 16 May 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Howard Segermark http://www.sghousing.com/2008/02/21/axing-death-tax-a-boon-to-the-middle-class/#comment-10140 Howard Segermark Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.sghousing.com/2008/02/21/axing-death-tax-a-boon-to-the-middle-class/#comment-10140 The death tax is a direct tax on capital. Thus an estate tax reduces the capital in a given economy translating directly to less economic growth, less productivity and lower overall wages. Repeal is not just a boon to middle and upper-middle level folks (the super-rich could always escape it), it will help everyone. The death tax is a direct tax on capital. Thus an estate tax reduces the capital in a given economy translating directly to less economic growth, less productivity and lower overall wages.

Repeal is not just a boon to middle and upper-middle level folks (the super-rich could always escape it), it will help everyone.

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