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To: i-node who wrote (613368)	5/27/2011 1:47:54 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578161

"For openers, because very few estates have enough assets to pay such bills" Well, we'll HAPPILY accept as much partial payment as the dead are able to pay! Doesn't every little bit help? Every buck paid by a DEAD person is a buck a LIVE person will not have to pay! So, I ask again, WHY is it a bad idea? Even if it's NOT a total solution?

To: i-node who wrote (613368)	5/27/2011 2:29:20 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578161

Dave, these stats are from the Federal Reserve board: "Across all groups, the 2007 median net worth was $120,300 and the mean was $556,300 (guys like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett really mess things up)." That might be somewhat higher than your Hogslaughter, AR, perspective. So, there's money THERE to be had by taxing the dead.