Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Mar 10, 2021 9:54 AM
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, joined Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and dozens of his Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation to permanently repeal the federal estate tax, more commonly known as the death tax. Thune’s bill, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021, would finally end this purely punitive tax that has the potential to hit family-run farms, ranches, and businesses as the result of the owner’s death.
“I’ve fought hard to repeal the onerous and unfair death tax since I came to Washington, including by leading the effort in 2017 to protect more farm and ranch families from it,”
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It seems like the second you tell people that you eat a plant-based diet, the first thing out of their mouth is some remark about soy or tofu. “Ugh, you actually like tofu?” “So, do you only eat soy now?” The commentary goes on and on. Sure, not everyone who eats plant-based loves tofu, but we would be lying if we didn’t admit that yes, we love tofu. So there.
To make matters worse, if you happen to mention that one of the reasons you eat primarily plant-based is because it’s more environmentally sustainable … brace yourself for the ever-dreaded, “well, soy production to make tofu is destroying the planet just as much as animal agriculture.”