To: ecommerceman who wrote (127636 ) 2/17/2001 3:50:37 PM From: Aggie Read Replies (1) | Respond to ecommerceman,"I'm sure your dad was a great and frugal guy, but that's not Gates/Buffett's point--their point is that he was the one who earned the money, not you, and unless we're going to have an aristocracy (as opposed to a meritocracy) in this country (which MY ancestors fled Europe to avoid), then we need a stringent inheritance tax." do work 6-1/2 days a week full time, on average, in foreign countries, some of them real sh*tholes, sometimes at personal risk. And yet, in spite of the fact that I am home in the states less than 4 weeks out of the year, and that my wages are earned overseas, the US takes the lion's share of my earnings in the form of taxes.
