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To: TimF who wrote (320182)	1/11/2007 3:42:58 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) of 1576882

re: Imposing some level of taxation in response to that requirement has next to nothing to do with a hypothetical "policy to discourage the creation of dilettantes". But isn't it more healthy to tax inheritance than earnings? Inheritance is putting money in the hands of people whose only qualification is an accident of birth. Taxing earnings is penalizing a presumably positive social action. Especially with large estates, it's not really in societies best interest to concentrate wealth in the hands of people who haven't demonstrated any skill at using it productively. I'm presuming that a higher inheritance tax would allow a lower income tax. John

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