1.3%

In one of the ads here attacking Tammy Duckworth, the scary voiceover says that mean old Tammy wants to charge you a DEATH TAX when grandma hits the road. A DEATH TAX? HOW COULD SHE? GRANDMA'S DEAD!

OH, you mean the federal estate tax that applied to only 1.3 percent of all Illinois deaths as reported in 2004? That one? Pretty scary, huh?