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Value: $0, Taxes: $40 Million
Commentary Magazine ^
| July 22, 2012
| John Steele Gordon
Posted on 07/24/2012 12:37:23 AM PDT by Altariel
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posted on
07/24/2012 12:37:29 AM PDT
by
Altariel
To: Altariel
I can’t wait till Ted Turner’s family has to settle that scumbag’s estate. Oh wait he probably already had his lawyers take care of that.
If I wanna bequeath anyone anything it will be in a buried mayo jar full of cash/valuables and the only thing I will pass on will be instructions on how to get to it...
Friggin IRS.
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posted on
07/24/2012 12:44:32 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Altariel
Then they should deed it over to the IRS and request a ~~~$39 million refund for their overpayment.
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posted on
07/24/2012 12:48:35 AM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
To: Altariel
This proves that the government cannot be responsible for economic growth, but can be responsible for economic destruction. By declaring a Bald Eagle or anyone’s asset or abilities or trades illegal, they can make you and I business-less and value-less.
This is sheer genocide without due process.
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posted on
07/24/2012 12:51:23 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: Altariel
Since owning the damned thing is equally illegal, then the bequeathing was also null and void. It becomes ownerless and can’t be moved either. And certainly does not incur any tax liability.
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posted on
07/24/2012 12:56:35 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Altariel
It wouldn't be quite the same without the illegal eagle.
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posted on
07/24/2012 1:31:14 AM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad
Its a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just didnt make any sense. They got the "didn't make any sense" part right, on multiple levels.
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posted on
07/24/2012 1:33:56 AM PDT
by
norton
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
07/24/2012 1:42:52 AM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: Altariel
The IRS has an Art Advisory Panel, that provides expert advice on the value of art works involved in estates. It was the panel that decided it was worth $65 million. Stephanie Barron, a member of the panel and an art curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, said that, Its a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just didnt make any sense. I wonder if Ms Barron is as ugly as the work she so highly values?
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posted on
07/24/2012 1:47:25 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: TChad
Gack, it looks like something a third grade class might construct, except for the bird. Actually a dead canary would look better on it, I think.
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posted on
07/24/2012 1:50:16 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: cynwoody
I wonder if Ms Barron is as ugly as the work she so highly values?I'll bet she is on the inside.
To: Altariel
Government only hires the unemployable. It’s the second
tier of welfare. These buffoons on the Art Advisory Panel
are totally worthless in the private sector as with most
government workers.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:05:57 AM PDT
by
Slambat
(The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Gack, it looks like something a third grade class might construct, except for the bird. There is a point in a child's life when he discovers the wonders of glue.
"Look, the hamster died, right? We didn't kill it, it just died. So we could have buried it but then Joey got the idea to glue it to a piece of canvas, so it would be, like, art! Isn't that cool?"
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:16:25 AM PDT
by
TChad
To: TChad
Maybe more like stick the hamster in a black painted box glued to the canvas.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:38:31 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Slambat
For a long time I felt that government employees were dull because the work dulled them. Now I know that very few would want to have one of those jobs if they could succeed in private enterprise.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:41:02 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Altariel
Too bad the bald eagle didn’t catch fire and burn to a heap of ash.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:41:54 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
It’s beyond ugly, it’s ghastly. Anyway sounds like an easy case for a good tax attorney. The IRS doesn’t make law, it makes policy, when policy conflicts with law, then it’s the judicial systems job to set thing straight ..... that doesn’t mean that these particular IRS officials aren’t stark raving mad.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:42:56 AM PDT
by
Usagi_yo
To: Usagi_yo
Yeah... when it goes to court the item will be deemed worthless. Now if in the future Congress eases the restrictions upon eagle carcasses enough to make this piece legal to sell again... then the family might be dinged for capital gains.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:48:04 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Usagi_yo
I can sort of see the point the person who constructed this (I won’t say artist) was trying to make. Sort of. But it’s like he or she commissioned a little kid to do it after conceiving of the general idea.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:49:46 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Altariel
The IRS is domestic terrorism at its worse.
All who work for or are in any way affiliated with this agency should be shunned by civil society.
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posted on
07/24/2012 2:51:36 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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