SENATE MEMORIAL 4
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006
INTRODUCED BY
Joseph J. Carraro
A MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO WORK TO ABOLISH THE ESTATE TAX PERMANENTLY.
WHEREAS, under tax relief legislation passed in 2001, the estate tax was temporarily phased out but not permanently eliminated; and
WHEREAS, farmers and other small business owners will face losing their farms and businesses if the federal government resumes the heavy taxation of citizens at death; and
WHEREAS, the estate tax is particularly damaging to families working their way up the ladder and trying to accumulate wealth for the first time; and
WHEREAS, employees suffer layoffs when small and medium businesses are liquidated to pay estate taxes; and
WHEREAS, if the estate tax had been repealed in 1996, the United States economy would have realized billions of dollars each year in extra output and an average of one hundred forty-five thousand additional new jobs would have been created; and
WHEREAS, having repeatedly been passed in the United States congress, repeal of the estate tax holds wide bipartisan support;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico congressional delegation be encouraged to support, work to pass and vote for the immediate and permanent repeal of the estate tax; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to members of the New Mexico congressional delegation.
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