Re: Wealth and the Art of Avoiding Taxes

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On Tuesday July 01, 2003 04:28, Daniel Cassidy wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 July 2003 12:15 am, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > > There is nothing wrong with inheritance from husband to wife or vice
> > > versa, but inheritance from parent to child is, frankly, morally
> > > wrong. This seems a pretty good argument to tax it at the very
> > > least.
> >
> > It's "morally" wrong for parents to care for children?
>
> Well, morally wrong was admittedly an overstatement. But it seems to me
> that there must be something very wrong with a society in which some of
> us start out with almost nothing, and some start out with enough money
> that they'll never have to work at all, should they chose not to.

If inheritance were banned, then people would just give their assets to 
their children ahead of time.

The only people hurt most by the banning of inheritance would be orphans.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - [email protected]

"I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush
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