Thanks congress and thank you grandpa

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Cliff Notes:

- Congress gives free pass on estate taxes in 2010
- Rich dude dies, leaves a crapload of money to his family and they get the whole amount while the IRS gets shafted
- Everyone laughs

hah, funny.

thanks.

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

I wish there was a rule that if you're going to copy and paste news articles you at least give a summary or outline what it is i am supposed to find amusing/shocking.

I can never get through all of these.

Really?

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Really?

Yea, really.

[Particle Man]

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by shmike

If you are rich and are going to die, this is the year.

I honestly wouldn't be suprised if some people who are probably only a few months to a year away from dying anyways drop dead before 2011.

That family deserves every single cent of that money.

[wildchild]

i doubt if everyone laughs, I bet there are at least a few people who think the Gov't deserves that money. it will lower our tax base etc.

estate tax seems to be the gov't's final joke. you know the only two things guarranteed are death and taxes. now you get both at the same time. ok next year you will.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by wildchild

i doubt if everyone laughs, I bet there are at least a few people who think the Gov't deserves that money. it will lower our tax base etc.

estate tax seems to be the gov't's final joke. you know the only two things guarranteed are death and taxes. now you get both at the same time. ok next year you will.

I think one of the motives behind it is to help prevent families from getting to powerful over a couple of generations. Prevent too much power from falling into one bloodline because then vampires would take over and we'd all have to answer to Sally fields.

[Homeslice]

Estate tax= crock of shit

Basically it boils down to "those rich families already have a ton of money, it won't hurt them if we take some of it away"

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Estate tax= crock of shit

Basically it boils down to "those rich families already have a ton of money, it won't hurt them if we take some of it away"

Yeah because a "recycling program for economic opportunity" is fair to those who bust their ass and make something of themselves and want to leave a little to their famlies.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by asphinctersayswhat

Yeah because a "recycling program for economic opportunity" is fair to those who bust their ass and make something of themselves and want to leave a little to their famlies.

There are two arguments for the estate tax. (not laying out my position, just the schools of thought)

1. Euro fag think of the children leave no adult behind socialist commie reach around rusty trombone bullshit...

2. It is better for country to have that money spent and swished around in the economy vs having it locked up in whatever scheme grandpa\ma cooked up.

Summary
Either -think of the po kids eating rats
or
We need to that money to boost todays GDP, not tommorrows GDP.