Why does the tax law set up a unified system

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Basically, the Estate tax and the Gift tax are a combined system, and are linked together. The question is why? Why does the tax law set up a "unified" system that combines gifts with the estate and has a combined tax that totals estate plus all lifetime taxable gifts?

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