The estate tax, meant to separate large concentrations of wealth, has failed to raise significant revenue due to it having multiple exceptions, exemptions, and exclusions. This Article argues that the estate tax contravenes liberal egalitarian ideals, considers and then rejects a tightened...

This brief article summarizes an argument that the estate tax reform or repeal debate has always been about money: but not the government's money from the tax, which is modest at best, but the politicians money from campaign contributions elicited to retain or repeal the tax. The article uses...