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Estate Taxes

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on how estate taxes work, and who pays them. A number of lawmakers, including President Bush, would like to repeal the estate tax. Others say its a progressive tax that generates revenue from only the wealthiest 2-percent of Americans.

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