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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by adevine on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @07:27PM (#11585449)
As some one who is strongly for estate taxes, I propose we call them "aristocracy-prevention taxes." Accumulation of wealth solely based on inheritance is a shitty way to run a society.
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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by refurb on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:11PM (#11586162)
What should the asset cutoff for estate taxes be then? I'm going to guess it's more than what you make.
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Re:Note from Mark Zuckerberg by adevine on Thursday April 28, 2016 @11:03PM (#11593522)
I'm totally fine with it being much, much lower than the assets I'll have when I die. I plan to leave the vast majority of my assets to charity, and even if I didn't, I wouldn't WANT to leave a lot of money to my children. I've met a number of people who grew up with large trust funds, and in every case I think the kids were worse off for it.
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