PSCI 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Estate Tax In The United States, Decision-Making, Incrementalism
18 Oct 2016
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Sept 14, 2016: black box says that there is no room for persuasion. But politics relies heavily on pe(cid:396)suasio(cid:374), (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374) spee(cid:272)hes, lo(cid:271)(cid:271)yi(cid:374)g, (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)ittee hea(cid:396)i(cid:374)gs . Framing: the way you define an issue that will likely get the most agreement from others. Has an impact if it will get addressed or how it will get addressed. Immigration: strict law and order issue or economic issue: describing the same policy but get different reactions. Estate tax: federal tax that if they die and is over a certain amount, it is subject to taxes on a steep rate. Estate tax sounds like its against the rich, those we were caught were not truly wealthy money was invested in other things like their farm. Death tax got congress to act and phased out in the bush tax. The rate went down and the threshold became higher.
