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Democrat Makes Case for 100% Death Tax
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 11 December 2010 | John Semmens

Posted on 12/12/2010 1:50:24 PM PST by John Semmens

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To: Lazlo in PA

I think it would be a fabulous, fabulous approach.

They should have a hundred percent death tax. It would work as well as a hundred percent income tax.

Can you imagine how much money there would be in a business that provided one service, ensuring that heirs received their inheritance? Hiding income, wealth assets?


41 posted on 12/12/2010 4:02:46 PM PST by BenKenobi (Obama's book of the month, Herman Melville's Killin' Whitey)
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To: John Semmens
"Weiner contended that the deceased’s heirs don’t deserve it. “They didn’t earn it,”

Anthony, the state didn't ear it either. Matter of fact, they've probably been taxing it for years.

42 posted on 12/12/2010 5:03:10 PM PST by navyblue (<u>)
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To: The Klingon

This is really going to bring a lot into the treasury. I bet no one ever dies with an estate if this goes into effect. No one can be the stupid.


43 posted on 12/12/2010 5:07:47 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: John Semmens
This does have some truth to it, I heard one of the dims say something to that effect. I didn't know it was Weiner.

Why are dims against letting the dead keep more of their money? The dead are a core democrat constituency after all. They should reward their loyal voters.

44 posted on 12/12/2010 5:15:05 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: Christian Engineer Mass

“Most importantly, the very rich can get accountants to set up trusts and entities that allow them to pass on most of their wealthy untouched.”

this statement makes no sense.

You mean to say that a middle class person with any wealth to pass on can’t hire an accountant to set up a trust and entity?


45 posted on 12/12/2010 5:20:13 PM PST by Hammerhead
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To: Hammerhead

of course they can. But the cost is then a significant proportion of their wealth.


46 posted on 12/12/2010 5:22:41 PM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (Leftys who zone in on Palin miss the point. America's not about single figures. That's for NK/Cuba.)
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To: John Semmens

If it ever comes to pass...pull all your money out of everything, stop paying your bills

Bankrupt the system...start over

Said sort of facetiously


47 posted on 12/12/2010 5:34:10 PM PST by hattend (The meaning of the 2010 election was rebuke, reject, and repeal. - Sarah Palin)
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To: John Semmens

You had me going for a while on this thread. Because it is so believable, lol. Good one.


48 posted on 12/12/2010 6:01:46 PM PST by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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To: John Semmens

Spend enough time with thieves, and they’ll have you believing that theft is a moral imperative. Just ask the ghost of Nikolai Lenin.


49 posted on 12/12/2010 6:30:17 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: John Semmens

This is obvious satire. A real Dem would support 100% taxation of the living but would respect a dead man’s wishes. Only 40% of the living vote for Dems, while over 100% of dead votes go to Dems.


50 posted on 12/12/2010 6:57:56 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: CrazyIvan; potlatch; John Semmens

What we own is the result of a family enterprise. Hubby was a road warrior for 35 years. Chik was both parents during the week, while working full time; hubby was both on weekends when she had to work. The kids helped out in ways large and small, and made it possible for us to make it possible. What we leave behind when we pass on has been earned many times over by our children.


51 posted on 12/12/2010 7:27:34 PM PST by ntnychik
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To: ntnychik
It sounds like you're leaving your descendants with much
more than money.
52 posted on 12/12/2010 7:37:05 PM PST by CrazyIvan (What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
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To: ntnychik

Very nicely written nit. These liberals never cease to amaze me, pure communists through and through but I’ll bet they protect their own ‘earnings’.


53 posted on 12/12/2010 7:58:27 PM PST by potlatch ( Life must be lived forward but can only be seen looking backward. - Soren Kierkegaard)
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