claim: the reason 29 states no longer have a death tax "is that the tax damaged their economic competitiveness."
author: yes on 84
evidence_1: feb 24, 2016 ... since 2007, new hampshire's population has steadily decreased, ... in the eighth  edition of rich states, poor states: alec-laffer state economic competitiveness  ... the state levies no estate tax, sales tax, or personal income tax, and ... his plan  includes eliminating the economically damaging death tax, ...
evidence_2: the reason 29 states no longer have a death tax "is that the tax damaged their  economic competitiveness." — politifact oregon on friday, september 14th, ...
evidence_3: apr 30, 2016 ... alec-laffer state economic competitiveness index ... policy spectrum, alec  members represent more than 60 million americans and ..... estate/inheritance  tax (yes or no) .... has been the chief reason why taxation has ..... personal  income tax 29% .... by their decision to repeal the damaging tax 36.
evidence_4: jul 17, 2017 ... washington state has the highest top marginal estate tax rate at 20 percent, ...  death may be certain; its timing is not. ... whereas inheritance taxes once  predominated, today estate taxes—following the federal approach—are more  prevalent. .... [33] the effects of interstate competition had been blunted.
evidence_5: nov 30, 2017 ... lawmakers on the right and left agree that the united states' 35 percent top tax  rate on corporations is too high and not competitive with the rest ...