Wanted: Farmer to Front for the Nation's Elite

The Institute for the Preservation of Dynastic Wealth is seeking an active or former family farmer to serve as our new spokesperson.

The search coincides with the hearings on the Estate Tax being held by the Senate Finance Committee on November 14th. We expect Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) will be using this well-worn but never-proven talking point, so we thought we'd help by finally making the search public.

The need for an actual farmer reached a new urgency last May when presidential candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani was forced to cancel a press conference with an Iowa farm family. At the last minute his campaign aides realized that with a mere 80 acres, the family was not actually rich enough to be affected by the tax.

Qualified candidates must be an heir of a family farm that had to be sold to pay the Estate Tax.

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Giuliani Forced to Cancel Visit After Finding Out His Farmer-Hosts Aren't Rich Enough

May 10, 2007 -- Rudy was deeply embarrassed by public gaffe. IPDW renews call to actually find a farmer who was forced to sell his or her family owned farm in order to pay the Estate Tax. A new, first-of-its-kind national farmer search to be announced.

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New Study Reveals Few Farmers or Small Businesses Hurt by Estate Tax - New Talking Point Needed

With fewer farms and small businesses forced to sell or close due to the Estate Tax, IPDW urges fellow repeal advocates to produce a viable, living talking point or develop more effective talking points.

"We've spent a long time looking for a real, suffering farmer to show just how unfair the Estate Tax is to small business and family farms, but how long can we search in vain?" said Arthur Daniels Midway, senior fellow at IPDW.

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