It Was A Good Year To Die Rich.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | December 3, 2010

No. 535

AD 2010 has been a year to die for — sorry, we mean “in.”  As we all know by now, the Federal Estate Tax went away this year, making it a once in a lifetime opportunity for billionaire Americans to expire and leave their empires to their heirs.  So who were the biggest winners?  Here’s a short list courtesy of Freakonomics.

AD 2011, however, is a story that has yet to be written. If there is gridlock in Congress, Cinderella’s carriage is scheduled to turn back into a pumpkin on Midnight, December 31.

CLT

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