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True Blue Door

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43. Everyone could have a trust-fund if we had reasonable inheritance taxes.

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Fri Nov 21, 2014, 08:38 AM

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How to instantly prove conservatives are liars about economics. [View all] True Blue Door Nov 2014 OP

tell them you think the minimum wage should be 15 dollars an hour Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1

In the capitalist game of monopoly safeinOhio Nov 2014 #2

And when one person has all the money, it's game over. Scuba Nov 2014 #3

Oh, you mean the "death" tax! IronLionZion Nov 2014 #4

Whenever a cancervative starts bitching about welfare True Blue Door Nov 2014 #7

Perspective makes all the difference IronLionZion Nov 2014 #36

Meanwhile they enjoy double rights by being incorporated. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #38

What about when inheritance taxes make it too expensive to pass down the family farm? nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #5

LOL True Blue Door Nov 2014 #6

Except it's not funny. Families are losing their farms. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #8

Or so people claim. jeff47 Nov 2014 #9

Property doesn't belong to families, it belongs to people. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #11

Thievery, nothing more. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #19

If by "the people" you mean "some of the people, but not all of them" then you are right. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #20

The farms are being stolen. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #21

Nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #22

And giving it to thieves who did nothing to earn it. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #23

No, selling it to people in exchange for money. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #24

No. The thieves steal what they want and leave crumbs behind for the family. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #25

The "death tax" was the favorite tax of our founding fathers. notrightatall Nov 2014 #26

It may have been, but it was also discontinued for many years. louis-t Nov 2014 #29

Found it. A very good history of inheritance tax. louis-t Nov 2014 #30

Get back to me when those applauding the destruction of family farms apply the same zeal Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #31

I would, and more. notrightatall Nov 2014 #32

Oh, puh-leeze. Got any links to back up that malarkey? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #12

No. Lex Nov 2014 #13

What's funny is that you expect anyone to take such a lie seriously. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #15

It's not an all or nothing prospect. It's possible to alleviate the devastation done to family farms Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #33

There must be a lot of multimillionaires "scraping by" in Republican fantasy land. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #37

You obviously have no clue about rural life. Property can be valued in the millions but family Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #40

Cry me a river, Aesop. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #41

Apparently you're the conservative from your own OP. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #42

Everyone could have a trust-fund if we had reasonable inheritance taxes. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #43

An Easy Exemption ProfessorGAC Nov 2014 #44

That's not a bug, it's a feature. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #10

With the exemption at $5 million, it's not an issue very often. Brickbat Nov 2014 #14

I don't have exact numbers energumen Nov 2014 #16

Here are some older numbers to consider. Brickbat Nov 2014 #18

No, they help all the people who benefit from e.g. social security or medicare. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #34

this is a horsehockey argument for several reasons. unblock Nov 2014 #27

Right now the first $5 million of an estate is tax free csziggy Nov 2014 #28

Zombie Lie Alert! truebluegreen Nov 2014 #35

Find one real life example. IronLionZion Nov 2014 #39

If I'm ever in Caricatureland, I'll try that. nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2014 #17