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To: jttmab who wrote (14263)	6/6/2002 11:11:38 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

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.

To: jttmab who wrote (14263)	6/6/2002 12:21:29 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Alternatively, wealth is almost always accumulated by tax deferred mechanisms. ROTFLMAO!!!! So there were no wealthy people in the US before 1913??????