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GATES, WILLIAM H., SR., AND COLLINS, CHUCK; VOLCKER, PAUL (FOREWORD BY) Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes
Boston, MA, Beacon Press. 2003, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 080704718X) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, xiii, 166 pp. biblio.; 21 cm. SIGNED by authors on title page. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Impact on state treasuries; The estate tax and inequality; Concentrated wealth and democracy; Concentrated wealth and equality of opportunity; Growing inequality is bad economic policy; Inequality and our civic and public health; Does the estate tax have an impact?; Chapter 2: The origins of America's estate tax; The lost debate; American values: the roots of the estate tax; The gilded age and movement for an estate tax; Early inheritance and estate taxation; Supporters of the estate tax; The establishment of the estate tax; Chapter 3: Opposition to the estate tax; The effort to repeal the estate tax; Inside the D.C. beltway; "Death tax": what's in a name?; Orange County, California; Seattle, Washington; The hidden face of real estate taxpayers; The estate tax down on the farm; The estate tax and family owned enterprises; The case for repeal: unsound and misleading arguments; Chapter 4: the showdown; The budget showdown; Fiscal responsibility and the rising costs of estate tax repeal; Organizing to oppose complete repeal; The estate tax: a summary of changes; Chapter 5: what we owe our society; What is it worth to be an American?; A religious perspective on wealth and society; The estate tax and charitable giving; Our civic wealth; The estate tax and charity; A new spirit of giving?; What about the children?: The dangers of the silver spoon. Fine/Fine. SIGNED.
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