State Estate Taxes Loom As Big 2011 Issue With the federal exemption rising to $5 million, many families now have to worry more about state than federal estate taxes. Ashlea Ebeling December 21, 2010 Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/21/state-federal-estate-tax-planning-2011-personal-finance-state-estate-tax-map.html Despite the new and generous federal estate tax exemption of $5 million per estate and $10 million per couple, Keep Reading…
We’ve posted a new column Death Tax is government-sanctioned estate looting. Thanks to our friends at Ramparts360 for posting the piece. EoD also agrees with Merv at PrairiePundit who wrote us terming the Death Tax as “confiscation of the assets of the dead.” As we said in the column, every American should be free to Keep Reading…
Update: East Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert talks estate tax Jessica Wilson December 15, 2010 KETKNBC.com http://www.ketknbc.com/news/update-east-texas-congressman-louie-gohmert-talks-estate-tax WASHINGTON – While Congress waits to vote on President Obama’s tax cut package, East Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert is speaking out against part of that deal… the estate tax. Some say the “estate” tax… others say the “death” tax. Keep Reading…
Democrats not pleased with deal on estate taxes Seth McLaughlin December 12, 2010 The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/12/democrats-not-pleased-with-deal-on-estate-taxes/ Sen. Bernard Sanders‘ impassioned eight-hour speech Friday, slamming President Obama‘s tentative tax-cut deal with Republicans, directed some of his sharpest attacks at the plan’s provisions to tax dead people’s estates. Armed with giant charts and statistics galore, the Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.Detroit— The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and its co-founder, Elaine Steele, filed court action late Tuesday accusing a Wayne County probate judge and two court-appointed lawyers of conspiracy in the long-standing battle over the estate of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Steele’s attorney, Steven G. Cohen, added he also has filed Keep Reading…
Lee Bailey’s eurweb.com (Electronic Urban Report) has once again picked up Sue Summer’s latest article from The Newberry Observer on the questionable actions surrounding administration of James Brown’s estate. The article is introduced as follows: For those who’ve been keeping track of the James Brown probate case, or if you’re simply interested in know where Keep Reading…
Forget women! Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned – or at least that would seem the case as per this latest Danny Tate posting at Impeachrandykennedy’s Blog. A conservatorship (guardianship) can strip a person of their individual liberty and property rights. While Nashville musician Danny Tate admits his struggle with alcohol and drug Keep Reading…
An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Death Tax is government-sanctioned estate looting
Current discourse over the Death (or estate) Tax depicts troubling attitudes toward American wealth and property rights. While the generation of prosperity through hard work, creative thinking and discipline was once aspired to and celebrated, today’s world too often seems to begrudge success and foster a skeptical view that if someone is “rich,” perhaps they Keep Reading…