Do we really have that many people who leave behind 2 million dollar estates in this state? While I agree that perhaps 2 million dollars is a bit low considering inflation, the estate tax fuels the creation of charitable foundations and organizations that fund a lot of the charitable work in this country. Avoiding creating a permanent overclass of Paris Hilton-like spoiled children is a nice side effect, too. The federal minimums for estate size, before an estate would have to pay a dollar of estate tax, btw, are $3.5 million and $7 million for single and joint couples respectively. Those numbers make more sense as limits, but I still don’t understand what the uproar about this tax is about… there’s nothing here that affects most people. I don’t understand how it’s a popular issue…