David Lloyd George Quotes

Death just shouldn't be a taxable event.

We're going to raise the estate tax for wealthy, very wealthy people.

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime.

The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government.

Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president.

I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.

Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event.

The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

Dying should not be a taxable event.

We do not believe that death should be a taxable event.

Death should not be a taxable event.

The estate tax has been a disaster. First of all it's double taxation, some people could even say it's triple taxation.

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that people who build up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to the next, regardless of a person's race.

I had nothing to do with death panels. I thought it was a horrible phrase about end of life. I didn't think it was accurate, and I was - I've always been opposed to it. The reason why I stood behind that phrase "death tax" for so many years is because the only time that you could pay that tax, the only time, is on the death of a relative. And that's what makes it a death tax. You have to be accurate.

The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation.

Unfortunately, actions taken by the Senate ensured that relief from the death tax would only be temporary and that it would come back to life at the full rate again in 2011.

I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one.

Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one.

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy.

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.