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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by barrkel on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:56PM (#13045280)
Estate taxes are one of the least evil taxes; they are inherently more fair, because they reduce unearned income.
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by douche on Saturday November 26, 2016 @02:17PM (#13045380)
If the idea of having part of your hard-earned wealth confiscated rather than passed on to your children doesn't boil your blood, you're made of different stuff than I am.
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Re:Don't Lower Corporate Taxes, Abolish Them by ethbro on Saturday November 26, 2016 @03:34PM (#13045700)
I am made of different stuff than you are.

From experience, passing substantial unconditional wealth to my children (above and beyond education) seems far more likely to turn them into assholes than decent citizens.

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