Republicans focus tax hike opposition on capital gains change

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The Agriculture Department says that estimates have found that 98 percent of farms wouldn't owe taxes when they are transferred, as long as they stay in the family.
45% : Congressional Democrats plan later this year to pursue a social spending package based on Biden's plan, and they have said they won't increase taxes on small businesses and family farms as part of the measure.
45% : "Our reforms are about raising taxes on the very richest Americans who are able to entirely eliminate taxes on their fortunes, but these reforms are designed with protections so that family-owned businesses and farms will not have to pay income taxes when given to heirs who continue to run the business," a White House official said.
44% : Democrats across the ideological spectrum are interested in raising taxes on the wealthy.
42% : "Any opponent of taxing capital gains at death should have to explain not only why the richest people should not pay income taxes while they're alive but be allowed to have their tax bill erased when they die," said Chuck Marr, senior director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
31% : Supporters of Biden's proposal argue that ProPublica's recent reporting detailing how prominent U.S. billionaires pay little in taxes compared with their wealth gains demonstrates the need for reform.
28% : Biden has called for taxing capital gains at death as a way to raise taxes on the wealthy and help pay for his social spending proposals.
24% : While Republicans oppose all of Biden's proposals to raise taxes, they have zeroed in on this one in recent days.

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