claim: barack obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that george w. bush "repealed."
author: chain email
evidence_1: jun 7, 2016 ... fifteen years ago, today, president george w. bush signed the ... of the cuts  permanent, and barack obama called for extending the cuts only for ... this is, in  large part, because democrats simply did not want to ... federal estate tax repeal  would grow the economy, create 159,000 jobs, and cost very little.
evidence_2: the phrase bush tax cuts refers to changes to the united states tax code passed  originally during the presidency of george w. bush and extended during the  presidency of barack obama, ..... estate tax adjustment. .... the 2012 act did not  repeal the increase in the highest marginal income tax rate (from 35% to 39.6%)  which ...
evidence_3: nov 10, 2016 ... since the president does not have a constitutional role in the amendment ... the  federal workforce did grow a bit early on in the obama ... trump wants to exempt  public safety employees from a freeze, and if he wants .... he would also reduce  the business tax rate to 15 percent and eliminate the estate tax.
evidence_4: sep 13, 2016 ... president george w. bush thought he had killed the estate tax in 2001. ...  president obama accepted the 2010 compromise, but then ... accept the atra  compromise, which restored the rate to 40% while keeping the $5 million  threshold. ... so republicans want to repeal the tax while democrats would like ...
evidence_5: learn more about the bush era tax cuts through charts, facts & in-depth analysis.  ... back in 2001, president george w. bush had just entered office and a ...