claim: says the estate tax, "in many cases," forces family farmers and small businesses owners to sell their holdings.
author: robert hurt
evidence_1: dec 2, 2017 ... chuck grassley has argued the estate tax hurts iowa family farmers. ... that family  farmers and small business owners represent a tiny share of estate tax payers,  and that the taxes they owe rarely force them to sell land or quit farming. ... family  members to liquidate to pay the death tax,” grassley said in a ...
evidence_2: says the estate tax, "in many cases," forces family farmers and small businesses  owners to sell their holdings. — politifact virginia on sunday, may 3rd, 2015.
evidence_3: apr 13, 2015 ... what's left, whitt said, is a seventh-generation farm with little liquid assets and ...  or rancher has to sell part of their business to pay this misguided tax. ... in fact, the  number of american family farms seems to be more than holding its own. ... the  estate tax has existed in some form in the u.s. since the 1700s.
evidence_4: says the estate tax, "in many cases," forces family farmers and small businesses  owners to sell their holdings. — politifact virginia on sunday, may 3rd, 2015.
evidence_5: oct 10, 2017 ... republicans calling for the repeal of the federal estate tax often claim it makes it  hard for american farmers and ranchers to pass on the family business to the  next ... and those farm assets represented just a small percent of the gross ... that  suggests that for many in this select group, the farm was not the ...