Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details
McCain's "plan for the economy is to extend George Bush’s tax cuts for billionaires and give a $100-billion additional corporate tax cut."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 in Philadelphia. >>Details
"The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H. >>Details
“The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes.”
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in Philadelphia >>Details
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