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The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

Just dying should not be a reason for taxes.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes.

The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the life's work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government.

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy.

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.

I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.