In a message dated 9/15/2004 11:42:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > PS... by all my logic (above and elsewhere) the most > > telling endeavor of the monsters has been to try to > > forever eliminate the Inheritance Tax, which is by its > > very nature the most fair and sociologically > > productive of all taxes. Nobody need ever pay it, so > > long as they choose some other charitable way to > > dispose of the funds, (...) > > > Wrong logic! > > The best way to avoid the Inheritance task is mass-rape and > have so many children that none will get enough to be taxed! > > DNA-rebuilt Gengis Khan for President!!! :-) The inheritance tax isn't based on how much each individual inherits, it's based on the size of the entire estate. The estate taxes are paid, and whatever is left over is what the heirs get. But the inheritence tax flies in the face of one our most powerful genetic imperatives: to insure the success of our off-spring. I think that is why even americans who will not benefit from its repeal still favor its repeal. It is not (as its propenents claim) that most people think they will get rich enough to benefit from the repeal, but that most people on a deep level do not like the idea of giving up any advantage they can give to their children. >From every other aspect the inheritance tax is a disaster. It concentrates wealth in a single family and that wealth may not be "in play". Since those who have wealth are most likely to be conservative (not necessarily in their politics but in their interest in any change in society ) they are unlikley to invest their wealth in inovations. This leads to stagnation, a true disaster for any society especially in our inter-connected world). I think the appropriate response to anti-inheritance tax proponents is to stress that the current laws insure that offspring are well taken care of. That the tax aids all of society by insuring the continued circulation of money (wealth) and that this is healthy for the economy. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
