Judd Legum

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4. This is called the "stepped-up basis" loophole. At death, the "cost" of the stock or asset for purpose of capital gains is "stepped-up" to its present value. This allows the heirs of the very wealthy to avoid paying taxes on those gains EVER https://t.co/aQV11Aqou1 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Right now, extremely rich people can accumulate billions in wealth gains throughout their lifetime through capital gains from stocks and other assets But they can avoid paying taxes by passing those assets onto their heirs https://t.co/aQV11Aqou1 — PolitiTweet.org

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5. A dark money group hired former Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp to argue that this tax loophole should be maintained. Just a few months ago, Heitkamp called the loophole "one of the biggest scams in the history of forever." https://t.co/aQV11Aqou1 — PolitiTweet.org

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