Noun
a tax on the estate of the deceased person
Source: WordNetLongevity, for a columnist, is a simple proposition: Once you start, you don't stop. You do it until you die or can no longer put a sentence together. It has always been my intention to die at my desk, although my most cherished ambition is to outlive the estate tax. Charles Krauthammer
I support exemptions from the estate tax to ensure that when Maine farm owners die, their families will be able to continue to farm the land that they have protected and lived on, often for generations. Tom Allen
Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position. Bill Gates
(Sylvia) Rita! Get my smelling salts! (Rita) Ma, you used them up when you discovered that repeal of the estate tax benefits only the very, very rich. Nicole Hollander
Ending the estate tax would give a tax break of up to $63 billion to the Walton family and $39 billion to the Kochs-but $0 to 99.8% of Americans. At a time of record inequality, the very last thing we should do is line the pockets of the rich. Bernie Sanders
The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed. Mike Fitzpatrick