Download or read book Wealth and Our Commonwealth written by William H. Gates and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2004-01-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a thousand individuals of high net worth rose up to protest the repeal of the estate tax-Newsweek tagged them the "billionaire backlash." The primary visionaries of that group, Bill Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins, argue here that individual wealth is a product not only of hard work and smart choices but of the society that provides the fertile soil for succes. Weaving personal narratives, history, and plenty of solid economic sense, Gates and Collins make a sound and compelling case for estate tax reform, not repeal.