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On the Gradual End of the Estate Tax

For years, estates of wealthy men were taxed-- The sort of thing that spoils a nice goodbye. The tax will disappear by 2010. And then the rich will find it safe to die.

Calvin Trillin

May 31, 2001

For years, estates of wealthy men were taxed– The sort of thing that spoils a nice goodbye. The tax will disappear by 2010. And then the rich will find it safe to die.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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