claim: the obama-gop compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
author: jim demint
evidence_1: dec 14, 2010 ... the compromise agreement on taxes proposed by president barack obama --  after negotiating with republican leaders -- has critics on both ends of the  political spectrum. the plan would ... c., said he wouldn't support the plan  because the compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax." there was ...
evidence_2: sep 13, 2016 ... according to the republican nominee, "the estate tax has been a disaster; it's  double taxation." those words could have been said by ... she isn't satisfied with  obama's compromise either and, taking a page out of bernie sanders's playbook , wants to raise the tax. this fits very well with her general tax ...
evidence_3: jan 1, 2013 ... democrats offer a key concession on increasing taxes for higher-income  households. ... “keep in mind that just last month, republicans in congress said  they would never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest americans. obviously,  the agreement that's currently being discussed would raise those rates ...
evidence_4: a one-year extension of the alternative minimum tax (amt) “patch” temporarily  raised the amt exemption. the cost: about $70 billion over 10 years. the patch  saved affected taxpayers an estimated average of about $2,400. under  permanent amt law, roughly 30 million taxpayers would have owed the  additional levy ...
evidence_5: oct 25, 2017 ... reed is one of several republicans from high-tax states who are chafing at their  leadership's proposal to nix a deduction for state and local taxes as part of the  reform framework ... he didn't specify whether keeping the estate tax, which  would raise almost $240 billion over 10 years, is part of the discussion.