OtherWords: Resurrect the Estate Tax
from Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati …
Dan Duncan died at the end of March. The Houston gas pipeline mogul left behind a spouse, four children, four grandkids, and a fortune worth $9 billion. Duncan, a prominent philanthropist who supported cancer research and the Boy Scouts, left behind another distinction. He was the first American billionaire to ever leave his heirs a tax-free fortune. America’s first-ever billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, died in 1937. His heirs faced a 70 percent estate tax on the bulk of his estate. Duncan’s heirs are enjoying a zero percent estate tax. When he died, his son and three daughters became instant billionaires
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