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Topic	Those of you here who are against the estate tax...........?
r4X0r 12/18/17 2:55:23 PM #31:	emblem boy posted... The double tax argument isn't strong to me. The person that died isn't being taxed on the money twice. The person the money is going to is getting taxed. They are getting income, so they get taxed. The gift tax I actually don't agree with. If one person gives another person money that they already paid tax on, what's the justification for the government getting a cut? What did the government do there to earn it? When I go to work I'm using publicly funded infrastructure to get there and do my job. My income tax is compensating the government for that. An inheritance or a gift... not so much. --- Professionals are predictable- it's the amateurs who are dangerous. <cite>r4X0r posted [p:892449240] in Those of y... [t:76109141]...</cite> <quote><cite>emblem boy posted...</cite> <quote>The double tax argument isn't strong to me. The person that died isn't being taxed on the money twice. The person the money is going to is getting taxed. They are getting income, so they get taxed. The gift tax I actually don't agree with.</quote> If one person gives another person money that they already paid tax on, what's the justification for the government getting a cut? What did the government do there to earn it? When I go to work I'm using publicly funded infrastructure to get there and do my job. My income tax is compensating the government for that. An inheritance or a gift... not so much. --- Professionals are predictable- it's the amateurs who are dangerous.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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