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To: combjelly who wrote (229345)	4/15/2005 10:27:20 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584910

oh come on the super rich put their monies in 2nd generation trusts etc. Teresa Heinz got 500 million and the inheritance tax was 17 million. Some farm family has their farm valued at 2 million and they have to come up with 1.3 million. The Millionare Senators have the Law so they aren't effected, they are the super Rich. You think the kennedys pay any death Taxes

To: combjelly who wrote (229345)	4/15/2005 11:51:38 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1584910

So yes, estate taxes are a form of social engineering... Yes, it is socialism pure and thanks for mentioning the baby by its right name. If it works or not, I don't know. Look at the US society know for exorbitant estate taxation even over what you see in many countries of the old world. I still see the distance between they very rich and the poor larger than in Europe. Taro

To: combjelly who wrote (229345)	4/15/2005 12:11:14 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584910

CJ, The fact of the matter is that without estate taxes, there is a tendency for more and more of the wealth to be concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. The estate tax is the only line of defense against class stratification? I guess education has nothing to do with it ... Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (229345)	4/15/2005 1:08:18 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584910

"I believe estate tax is immoral because it taxes the share of funds" I am not sure what morality has to do with it. The fact of the matter is that without estate taxes, there is a tendency for more and more of the wealth to be concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. That is already happening here with an estate tax already in place. ted