Jul 1, 2005 12:00 PM

H. Amos Goodall, Jr., author of the May issue's “The ‘Death Tax’ Is a Good Thing,” is dead wrong to oppose a permanent repeal of the estate tax.

For the fourth time in as many years, the House of Representatives on April 13 did exactly the right thing: voted to permanently repeal the estate tax. Now we'll see if the Senate has gained similar intelligence over that same period. Certainly, the American public has come to its senses. A February 2005 bipartisan poll by Global Strategies Group/Luntz Research Companies (available at www.policyandtaxationgroup.com) found every sector of the U.S. electorate decries the “death tax”, using those exact words; death tax is no longer just a Republican label. This poll found that about 70 percent of every demographic supports permanent repeal. In other words, the overwhelming majority of Americans who will never inherit a thing also feel this tax is just dead wrong.

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