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which best describes your view of the inheritance tax?

which best describes your view of the inheritance tax?

  • There should be no inheritance tax of any amount of money or assets.

    Votes: 64 50.8%

  • The first 5 million dollars should be exempt. After that the tax rate should be 35%.

    Votes: 20 15.9%

  • The first 5 million dollars should be exempt. After that the tax rate should be 50%.

    Votes: 10 7.9%

  • The first 1 million should be exempt. After that the rate should be 50%.

    Votes: 18 14.3%

  • No exempt amount. Tax at 35% from the get-go.

    Votes: 7 5.6%

  • No exempt amount. Tax at 50% from the get-go.

    Votes: 1 0.8%

  • Abolish all inheritance. In other words, tax 100%.

    Votes: 6 4.8%
  • Total voters
    126
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randel said:
oh, indeed i will post all i want, whether you think i have standing or not...again, get over yourself.
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YOu must not read well-I said post all you want. but since you don't pay the tax your posts have no merit.
 
MoSurveyor said:
Since "income" seems to have so many different meanings depending on the circumstances, maybe we should just call it the slave tax. I'm sure most people are aware of the term "wage slave" so it won't be a big step to rename the tax for it to slave tax.
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when someone is being taxed at the rates the left wants to impose on the most productive tax payers, such a term is appropriate
 
TurtleDude said:
YOu must not read well-I said post all you want. but since you don't pay the tax your posts have no merit.
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must mean something to you, you keep replying:mrgreen::lamo:peace
 
TurtleDude said:
when someone is being taxed at the rates the left wants to impose on the most productive tax payers, such a term is appropriate
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Then slave tax it is! It's obvious to almost anyone who the most productive are, the people actually doing the work.
 
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haymarket said:
So what? really - So what? Why is that the crucial and important determinant for you?
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To me salary just feels more like income, while inheritance just feels like a parent sharing with his child. I would be happy to allow a parent's property to pass to his children with no assessed income tax.
 
TurtleDude said:
any politician who tried to tax all inheritances would be voted out of office or shot
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I don't think trying to tax all inheritance would be any worse for a politician's image than trying to tax none of it. Especially if it came at the same time as a tax cut.
 
TurtleDude said:
"Your existence is not a claim upon the bank accounts of others"

Turtle-American philosopher and intellectual
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"The bank accounts of the rich are built upon the labor of others."

Catawba - member of the working class
 
molten_dragon said:
I don't think trying to tax all inheritance would be any worse for a politician's image than trying to tax none of it. Especially if it came at the same time as a tax cut.
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there is no sound reason why this abomination is inflicted on only one percent of the public
 
Catawba said:
"The bank accounts of the rich are built upon the labor of others."

Catawba - member of the working class
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"YOur existence does not positively impact mine"

Turtle-sufferer of fools
 
TurtleDude said:
Lets bet 500 dollars haymarket

I bet more than half of those who actually know what the estate tax is (ie GOP voters) will also say that "death tax" means the same thing
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You want to bet on the stupidity and extremism of GOP voters? How can I win that bet Turtle?
 
TurtleDude said:
there is no sound reason why this abomination is inflicted on only one percent of the public
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Sure there is. The 1% can afford it, and there aren't enough of them to be able to oppose such a measure. It's not FAIR reasoning, but it's logically sound.

And I'm not sure why you keep hammering on this point to me. I'm the one arguing for making inheritance taxable income for everyone, which would mean it wan't just the 1% paying it anymore.
 
haymarket said:
You want to bet on the stupidity and extremism of GOP voters? How can I win that bet Turtle?
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Only someone enamored with the government taking more money from productive people could possibly claim such a thing

and the dems is the party that attracts those with the lowest IQs and those who have dropped out of HS
 
molten_dragon said:
Sure there is. The 1% can afford it, and there aren't enough of them to be able to oppose such a measure. It's not FAIR reasoning, but it's logically sound.

And I'm not sure why you keep hammering on this point to me. I'm the one arguing for making inheritance taxable income for everyone, which would mean it wan't just the 1% paying it anymore.
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everyone can afford it--remember its money they are just being given and you all have claimed that the dead person doesn't need it
 
TurtleDude said:
there is no sound reason why this abomination is inflicted on only one percent of the public
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If it is based on how much you have, it makes perfect sense in every possible way. Only a zealot not looking at it objectively would fail to see that.
 
TurtleDude said:
Only someone enamored with the government taking more money from productive people could possibly claim such a thing

and the dems is the party that attracts those with the lowest IQs and those who have dropped out of HS
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Do me and the entire board a freaking favor man - next time you reproduce me asking you a question - like you just did in post 1714 - at least have the balls to answer it straight before you go into talking point #12.
 
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haymarket said:
If it is based on how much you have, it makes perfect sense in every possible way. Only a zealot not looking at it objectively would fail to see that.
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only someone envious of the rich or worried about losing votes would think that this nonsense should be inflicted only on those who already pay the most actual income tax dollars
 
haymarket said:
Do me a freaking favor man - next time you reproduce me asking you a question - like you just did in post 1714 - at least have the balls to answer it straight before you go into talking point #12.
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I post as I see fit here not to please the far left
 
TurtleDude said:
I post as I see fit here not to please the far left
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Then at least have the balls to leave me out of it if you are impotent to respond to the very question that you reproduce.

Is that to much to ask of you?
 
TurtleDude said:
everyone can afford it--remember its money they are just being given
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Precisely, which is why I'm arguing making everyone pay taxes on it, rather than just the very rich. Are you even reading what I'm posting?

TurtleDude said:
and you all have claimed that the dead person doesn't need it
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I never made that claim, though it is a sound one. How on earth can a dead person need money? The estate might need money to settle debts or pay for funeral costs, but if the inheritance was being treated as income, that wouldn't come into play until the estate was already done handling the money and it was actually disbursed to the recipients.
 
haymarket said:
Then at least have the balls to leave me out of it if you are impotent to respond to the very question that you reproduce.

Is that to much to ask of you?
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again, I post as I see fit and as long as I don't violate the rules, I will do as I please
 
TurtleDude said:
again, I post as I see fit and as long as I don't violate the rules, I will do as I please
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then have the balls to leave my question out of it if you are too weak or afraid to give it an answer.

Can you man up to that?
 
haymarket said:
then have the balls to leave my question out of it if you are too weak or afraid to give it an answer.

Can you man up to that?
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Your questions really aren't important enough to merit any response. I cannot even remember what you were asking
 
TurtleDude said:
Your questions really aren't important enough to merit any response. I cannot even remember what you were asking
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You may want to get that checked out.

You may also want to review rule 4

4. Don't Be A Jerk (DBAJ) - This simply means what it sounds like.
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Is it really too much to ask you to either reply to the question that you reproduce in your post before you go to standard Turtle Talking Point #4 or to not reproduce it altogether and just go to your canned schtick?
 
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