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I should have said his whine has no merit or relevance
disagreeing with you is not "whining".
I should have said his whine has no merit or relevance
jealous much?
when you rant about heirs as you do its obvious you are upset that others have more industrious parents
are your children parasites?
That's because they aren't hiring. If they actually employed more people, they would make a smaller share of the overall percentage that's paid into income taxes. If less people are working, they have no income, therefore they can't pay income taxes.
You are ignoring the key factor here: children who inherit money from parents are not successful by virtue of that fact, they have not achieved by virtue of that fact,nor have they have no excelled by virtue of that fact, they did not earn anything. They were simply lucky by the accident of birth.
You are ignoring the key factor here: children who inherit money from parents are not successful by virtue of that fact, they have not achieved by virtue of that fact,nor have they have no excelled by virtue of that fact, they did not earn anything. They were simply lucky by the accident of birth.
Seriously, do you think you could come up with something other than ad hominem? At least try to defend your position.
that smacks of envy too. and many such children are successful. in many cases they can achieve at far higher levels. I almost made an olympic team and was on two world teams because I didn't have to cut into my training.
and you have no moral right to what others earn and give to whom they want no matter how many ways to try to justify it
..tell me why you have a right to what someone else earned
that smacks of envy too. and many such children are successful. in many cases they can achieve at far higher levels. I almost made an olympic team and was on two world teams because I didn't have to cut into my training.
and you have no moral right to what others earn and give to whom they want no matter how many ways to try to justify it
this is coming from a guy who calls heirs "parasites"
tell me why you have a right to what someone else earned
Certainly growing up wealthy imparts enormous advantages that others don't have, even without a sizeable inheritance. OTOH, I suppose the feelings of guilt and sense of entitlement are something of a burden.
I never claimed a personal right to anything. My belief is that anything of substantial value should be earned.
and if you earn something you have the right to do with it as you see fit
that's the point you seem to miss
Again you miss the point.
Children who inherit simply have the luck to be born in the right family. Your statements that the rich are smarter and more successful DOES NOT APPLY to trust fund children who inherit.
What teams you may have almost been on is irrelevant to this fact.
Nobody here cares who gives you money. That is not and never was the issue. for you to pretend otherwise is intellectually dishonest and a diversion from the topic being discussed.
Again you miss the point.
Children who inherit simply have the luck to be born in the right family. Your statements that the rich are smarter and more successful DOES NOT APPLY to trust fund children who inherit.
What teams you may have almost been on is irrelevant to this fact.
Nobody here cares who gives you money. That is not and never was the issue. for you to pretend otherwise is intellectually dishonest and a diversion from the topic being discussed.
and if you earn something you have the right to do with it as you see fit
that's the point you seem to miss
It is interesting, how they can say those with less wealth or incomes just need to work harder, while at the same time defending inheritance. I'd like everyone who wants money to work for it. A level playing field where your success is the result of your efforts. Not everyone wants to play on a level playing field. At least they admit it, I guess.
I agree. As long as I live what's mine is mine. After I die it goes back to the society that made it possible. Ashes to ashes....
never said that. you are being intellectually dishonest when making such a claim
what I am claiming is that you have no proper standing to demand that an owner of an estate have his wealth taken because you are upset that he may give it to someone you don't approve of
you have absolutely ZERO moral standing to determine what happens to that wealth
never said that. you are being intellectually dishonest when making such a claim
It is interesting, how they can say those with less wealth or incomes just need to work harder, while at the same time defending inheritance. I'd like everyone who wants money to work for it. A level playing field where your success is the result of your efforts. Not everyone wants to play on a level playing field. At least they admit it, I guess.
I oppose giving the government that power
if you earn a million you should be able to give it to whom you want and the envious, the parasitic and the utopian pillowheads should be denied any say in what you do with it
You are 100% wrong.
As an American citizen, I have every right to have an opinion about matters of taxation. And this is one of them. I have a perfect legal right to lobby my legislators to enact laws putting my opinion on such matters into law.
Of course you can give your money away, but the parasite who receives it should pay hefty taxes on the unearned income.
And therein lies the fundamental conservative hypocrisy. So many of them turn a blind eye to the extraordinary advantages they enjoy through no effort of their own and then throw dirt on those who came into life two strikes against them.
You have no moral right to demand that others' wealth be taken from them when you don't risk the same taxation
yes you can vote for parasitic government and you do but its morally disgusting
another reason why there should be no estate tax, it panders to the envious who are mad that they don't have wealthy parents and think that no one else should so benefit
that tax is nothing more than pandering-it doesn't even raise that much tax and its compliance cost is higher than what it generates. it is economically inefficient and exists merely because special interests (dem politicians, estate planners and tax lawyers) want it