rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/strengthen-the-estate-tax?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-strengthen-the-estate-tax' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund https://actionnetwork.org/groups/americans-for-tax-fairness https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress established the Estate Tax to curb the passing down of extreme family wealth from one generation to the next. Today, the Estate Tax affects just the wealthiest 0.2% of estates – those worth more than $5.5 million. Over the years, the Estate Tax has been riddled with loopholes that allow the wealthiest families to pay, on average, an effective tax rate of just 17%. But the Obama Administration and its U.S. Treasury Department have proposed a new rule that would close one of these loopholes and generate up to $18 billion over 10 years. You – the public – have until this Thursday, November 3, to submit a comment in support of a stronger Estate Tax. Please sign the comments below, and we will deliver this statement on your behalf to the Treasury Department. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/strengthen-the-estate-tax