Leading death tax group calls on Mrs. Clinton to either stop dodging the death tax or support repeal for all Americans.
(Alexandria, VA) – In another chapter of Washington’s book titled, “Do as I Say, Not as I Do,” death tax champion Hillary Clinton was revealed to be re-arranging her family assets to avoid exposure to the federal estate tax, commonly known as the ‘death tax.’ Reports from Bloomberg news illustrate how Mrs. Clinton and her former-President husband created trusts specifically to prevent assets from falling prey to the death tax.
Clinton’s financial shenanigans brought a strong rebuke from 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin, leader of 7.2 million senior supporters and the acknowledged national leader in fighting to have the death tax permanently repealed.
“Well now we know that Mrs. Clinton opposes the death tax. Unfortunately she opposes it only for herself, while campaigning to make it apply to everyone else,” said Martin. “It’s time to end this breathtaking hypocrisy. Hillary Clinton clearly understands that the death tax is harmful and destructive to family finances, if she had a sliver of honesty she would get behind death tax repeal so thousands of family businesses, farms and ranches could enjoy the same privileged position afforded by her personal lawyers and accountants.”
A recent study by the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, chaired by Congressman Kevin Brady, found that the death tax has destroyed over $1.1 trillion in capital stock. The same study determined repeal of the death tax would increase overall tax revenues by eliminating the harm the death tax causes to family businesses.
“Hillary Clinton’s death tax hypocrisy is exactly what is wrong with Washington today, elite politicians passing laws that only apply to little people while they seek out special treatment. I understand Hillary is on a tour promoting her book, titled ‘Hard Choices.’ Well Mrs. Clinton, here’s an ‘easy’ choice — stop your hypocrisy, support death tax repeal so every American can follow your example and avoid this disastrous tax.”
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