Sarah Bradford Quotes

My constituents in Kansas know the death tax is a duplicative tax on small businesses and family farms that, in many cases, families have spent generations building.

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

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

Dying should not be a taxable event.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

The entire American concept of the 'family business' is put at risk by the death tax.

Now they got such a high inheritance tax on 'em that you won't catch these old rich boys dying promiscuously like they did. This bill makes patriots out of everybody. You sure do die for your country if you die from now on.

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

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.

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

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.

Additionally, this tax forces family businesses to invest in Uncle Sam rather than the economy. When families are forced to repurchase businesses because of the death tax, that means less money is being invested in new jobs and capital expansion.

With my support, the House of Representatives recently voted to permanently repeal the death tax so that family farms and businesses can be passed down to children and grandchildren.

The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.

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.

We already have an annual wealth tax on homes, the major asset of the middle class. It's called the property tax. Why not a small annual tax on the value of stocks and bonds, the major assets of the wealthy?

Just dying should not be a reason for taxes.

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.

An increase in the State inheritance tax, steeply graduated and applying to all property in the State regardless of where the owner may reside.

“Death Taxes” are not levied on the dead, who have passed beyond reach of the IRS, but on the heirs who did nothing to earn the money …

7 percent of inheritors get two-thirds of all the wealth transfers..

I don't like the repeal of the estate tax.

It's just wrong to work your whole life to build up a nest egg, build your own business - you pass away, and Uncle Sam can swoop in and take away nearly half of everything you've earned. Can you imagine that? Having to sell off most of your land just to keep it from the government, just to save the house.

If no estate tax is imposed, capital gains taxes can be avoided indefinitely.