Wealth
Dec 4 2010, Marco Villa

America’s Estate Tax was instituted by the revered Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War as a tax on the rich to pay off war debt. This was before America instituted an income tax (that come in the 1910s) and in a war torn nation Lincoln argued that the..

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In this Aug. 13, 2008 file photo, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is shown with a trophy saddle in his Capitol offices in Austin, Texas. Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, criticized for failing to disclose details about his vast wealth, is voluntarily cooperating with...