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A 2006 Joint Economic Committee (JEC) study found that death tax “liabilities depend on the skill of the estate planner, rather than on capacity to pay.” So much for tax fairness. By contrast, “family-run firms and farms particularly feel the pinch of the estate tax, because they are less likely to have the liquid resources needed to meet their estate tax liabilities.” The latest JEC estimate is that the death tax has reduced the stock of capital in the economy by about $847 billion.