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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (576948)	7/22/2010 6:44:01 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570751

"I didn't "fail" to explain." Yeah you did. "As I pointed out, it is an irrelevant point unless you can demonstrate their motivations are outside the realm of their conservative philosophies." Mere hand waving. You don't spend millions of dollars over decades to support a single issue like that unless it benefits you somehow. They essentially created this issue. " It takes money from the most productive entities in the nation (successful businesses) and forks it over to one of the least product (government). " Bullshit. It does no such thing. Most businesses that might be affected adversely by the estate tax are incorporated. If the family loses control because of estate taxes, it isn't going to kill the business. It might even be a boon to said business.

To: i-node who wrote (576948)	7/27/2010 3:21:10 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1570751

that does one thing really, really well: It takes money from the most productive entities in the nation (successful businesses) and forks it over to one of the least product (government). That's not the only thing it does well. It also provides employment for tax lawyers, accountants, and estate planners. And its pretty good at diverting resources from their most efficient application. What its not so good at is raising money for the government, relative to the costs the tax imposes.