Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is quite concerned that if the estate tax is reinstated after December 31, there will be “people that are on their death bed, families gathered around the death bed, making life and death decisions by looking at tax liabilities.”
“That is cruel,” King said on MSNBC yesterday. “And this Congress should address this before that should happen.”
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