Source: SOUTHERN FARM  NETWORK, 9/21/17


The White House and GOP Congressional leaders are considering ditching estate tax repeal and other tax breaks that Democrats chargefavor the wealthy.The idea is to pick up Democratic votes by shaping tax reform more toward the middle-class. Democrats argue estate tax repeal would benefit only the wealthy, those who die with more than $5.5 million in their estates, and would boost the federal debt. Republicans say the tax levied at death is unfair and needs to go.

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