I don't like the repeal of the estate tax.

Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support…

— Amity Shlaes

If no estate tax is imposed, capital gains taxes can be avoided indefinitely.

— Richard Thaler

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.

— Bill Gates

The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other…

— Michael Bloomberg

“So we call it “the estate tax,” which sounds very adult and respectable and vaguely French Revolution. Nobody really thinks of themselves has owning…

— Andrew Heaton

Many people are smart enough to know how to manage themselves out of the estate tax.

— Gary Cohn

I do not believe that the top rate should be lowered for individuals who are making more than $1 million a year. I don't…

— Susan Collins

“When you get rid of the estate tax,” he said, “you’re basically handing over command of the country’s resources to people who didn’t earn…

— Barack Obama

If we completely repealed the estate tax, it would provide an estimated $32 billion tax break for the Walton family - the founders of Wal-Mart.

— Bernie Sanders

On the estate tax, if you look at the couple of groups who are the biggest advocates for repealing the estate tax, it really…

— Gary Cohn

Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea…

— Chuck Schumer

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

— Bill Nelson

It is no secret that our tax code is drastically outdated and burdensome to all Americans. Fortunately, more and more people are aware daily…

— Jeff Miller

“If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it destroys him.”

— Ayn Rand

We're going to raise the estate tax for wealthy, very wealthy people.

— Lawrence O'Donnell