Today, Congressman Jason Smith (R-Salem, MO) issued the following statement on voting for the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, a bill he also co-sponsored:
"Today I voted to repeal the death tax and to put the American Dream back within reach for family farmers. Across southeast and southern Missouri, family farmers worry that the death tax will keep them from passing the farm down to their children. When these family farmers are forced to sell land or machinery to come up with the cash for the death tax their livelihood can be stripped away. The death tax is a tax on the American Dream and it’s wrong. As the fourth-generation owner of my family’s farm, I know that repealing the death tax is one step toward ensuring the hardworking folks in rural America get a fair shake.”
