History of the Estate Tax

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Just a survey.

In your own words what good comes from the inter vivos gift tax/estate tax regime?

There must be something or else it would not have been voted in in the first place. It also would not have survived in earnest until today (the federal estate tax was turned off for one year -- 2010)

I'm just curious as to the board members' abilities to see both sides of an issue and at least agree that there are pros and cons. Which side they want is of course subject to differ and can only be resolved civilly by vote.

The Republican vs Democratic shouting match gets old fast. That stuff is available anywhere.