Ask all your friends this Simple Question: When people in our society are so successful that they can pass on more than $3 Million, isn't it fair for them to split the estate with the society which made that fortune possible? Paris Hilton Hotel heiress Inheriting $27.5 Million Does the GOP think the Estate Tax is Indecent? The Estate Tax only affects fortunes of More than $3 Million The progressive Rate starts low And goes up with the fortune. 202-225-6827 Congress.org Taxpolicycenter.org Ombwatch.org/estatetax ProgressAmerica.org FairEconomy.org ResponsibleWealth.org Only the richest 2 percent of Americans ever pay any estate tax at all. Half of all estate taxes are paid by the top 0.14% of Americans who leave estates larger than $5 million. In 2001, half of all estate taxes were paid by just 3,502 multi-millionaires Repealing the Estate Tax would reduce annual charitable giving by $10 billion Paris Hilton will inherit: $27.5 million The Republicans are outraged to see nearly HALF of the MILLIONS that Paris Hilton and hundreds of other wealthy heirs have partied so hard for go instead to help state and local governments pay for teachers, police, firefighters, healthcare for children, security for the aged, better roads and safer streets across America. Repealing the Estate Tax would cost more than $1 TRILLION in the next 20 years alone.