cover of episode 46 - Attack On The Estate Tax: Right-Wing Lies And Greed In Plain Sight

46 - Attack On The Estate Tax: Right-Wing Lies And Greed In Plain Sight

2006/6/15
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Right-wingers in Congress are trying to repeal the estate tax. Fortunately, they failed last week. They fell 3 votes short of the 60 votes they needed to prevent a Democratic filibuster on the issue. Two Republicans, George Voinovich of Ohio and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, defied the GOP leadership and voted with the Democrats.Since the estate tax repeal was pushed by right-wingers, you've