Comments on: Douglas Holtz-Eakin Returns To Spread Shoddy Research Defending Tax Breaks For Wealthy Heirs http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/10/dhe-estate-tax/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jim Louis http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/10/dhe-estate-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-153841 Jim Louis Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:21:20 +0000 http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/?p=12211#comment-153841 Great analysis but it's like shooting fish in a barrel with idiots like Douglas. I especially like Tables 7& 8 where Douglas shows how to factor Estate Taxes into the Cost of Capital 30 years before death (something every good financial advisor is sure to do). This is priceless economic nonsense and classic spreadsheet masturbation. I’ve always felt that the way to kill any bill to eliminate Estate Taxes is to properly name it - “The Tax Me Now, Not After I Die Bill” Great analysis but it’s like shooting fish in a barrel with idiots like Douglas. I especially like Tables 7& 8 where Douglas shows how to factor Estate Taxes into the Cost of Capital 30 years before death (something every good financial advisor is sure to do). This is priceless economic nonsense and classic spreadsheet masturbation.

I’ve always felt that the way to kill any bill to eliminate Estate Taxes is to properly name it – “The Tax Me Now, Not After I Die Bill”

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