Change the name and you change the fortunes

๐Ÿ’Ž On changing the name to change support (estate tax or inheritance tax?)

A clear but somewhat narrow majority of Americans today support eliminating the so-called โ€œestate tax,โ€ and a slightly higher percentage would back the elimination of the โ€œinheritance tax,โ€ but more than 70 percent would abolish the โ€œdeath taxโ€. Sure, some object that the term โ€œdeath taxโ€ is inflammatory, but think about it. What was the event that triggered its collection?

Excerpt from: Words That Work: Itโ€™s Not What You Say, Itโ€™s What People Hear by Frank Luntz

HT: @rshotton

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