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Posted by jakdedert on 08/15/06 16:39
David McCall wrote:
> You keep talking about Bush giving tax breaks to the rich. I assume you are
> talking about the tax known as the death tax or the estate tax. This is also
> known as double taxation. Taxes have already been paid on that money, but
> some think taxing your money once isn't enough, it needs to be taxed again
> when you die. Most people are exempt from this tax completely because
> they don't own businesses or have substantial savings or investments.
>
> This tax is not just aimed at executives of big corporations, but also at
> the
> family that owns the mom and pop store on the corner. It is also aimed at
> the family that own a modest farm keeping that farm from being passed down.
> The theory is that dead people aren't around to complain so they make a good
> tax target. Unfortunately it isn't the dead person that suffers (his
> suffering is over)
> it is the rest of the family that has to sell the family business for
> pennies on the
> dollar to pay the taxes on their parents death.
>
> David
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BS...this tax is aimed squarely at the .5% of the population which is
subject to it...and they're not 'Mom & Pop' stores, or 'modest' farmers.
Keep drinking the kool-aid. Eventually you won't feel a thing....
jak
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