.Buffett Joins Soros in Effort to Raise Taxes on Estates

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Isn't this nice ,the billion airs who find ways of avoiding paying taxes were ever they can want these really rich people with estates over 2 million to have half their estates confiscated by the federal government?

Billionaire investors Warren Buffett and George Soros are calling on Congress to increase the estate tax as lawmakers near a decision on tax policies that expire Dec. 31.

In a joint statement today, Buffett, Soros and more than 20 other wealthy individuals asked Congress to lower the estate tax’s per-person exemption to $2 million from $5.12 million and raise the top rate to more than 45 percent from 35 percent.

Buffett Joins Soros in Effort to Raise Taxes on Estates - Bloomberg