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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: jttmab who wrote (14263)6/6/2002 11:11:38 AM
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That assumes that the government has an inherent right to tax any gain in value when it chooses to, and it just chooses to at death. But why at death? Why not tax the increase in value of real estate, stocks, etc. annually? The answer, I believe, is that the living wouldn't stand for it, while the dead have no choice but to lie with it.
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