Reply #19: There's propaganda on both sides.

[Warren DeMontague]

People want to call this the "Paris Hilton Tax Cut"... look, it hasn't hit me personally, but I live in the Bay Area, and I know plenty of people whose real estate values have gone through the roof in the past couple decades. And they're not Paris Hiltons.

I don't think their kids should have to sell the house upon their folks' death unless that's what they want. Again, I suspect that's why Barbara Boxer sees the need to raise the exemption. She's from Marin, ferchissakes.

But it sounds like you and I are pretty much on the same page. Raise the exemption, but don't ditch the tax entirely. I suspect that's what we'll end up with, anyway.