Re: how to compare living standards


"Jim Blair" <jeb@xxxxxxxx> wrote

Er, you are defending the tax that your jet-setting heiress
can pay a few grand to her $200,000 a year lawyer to avoid.
And on the grounds of "fairness"!!!


Jim, I get leery of 300-line posts, so I will focus on this one point. I
want to see if you actually know what you're talking about.

Will you tell me, please, whether the heiress gets exactly the same control
of daddy's money regardless whether:
1) She inherits outright, or
2) That fancy lawyer does his legal magic?

If there are laws, or loopholes therein, that allow Paris Hilton to have
total control of her daddy's estate for practical purposes, but not for tax
purposes, you ought to be able to give an example or two. I assume you
can, because I assume you're not just making *** up.

After you present your examples, we can discuss whether the proper approach
is to abolish the estate tax, or close the loopholes.

-- TP


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