This is why estate taxes should be 100%

[Razgovory]

I thought he was wasted on light beer.

[Caliga]

It's also their right to give it to the cum parasites.

In the US, you can gift $13k tax free per year. I know because I give my mom that much every single year. 

My mother in law's parents have started doing the same for their daughters every year as a Christmas present.

[Ed Anger]

It's also their right to give it to the cum parasites.

In the US, you can gift $13k tax free per year. I know because I give my mom that much every single year. 

My mother in law's parents have started doing the same for their daughters every year as a Christmas present.

I GOT A 5 DOLLAR CHECK. 

[Caliga]

 

I still get checks, and sometimes actual cash, for like $10 mailed to me every Christmas from my grandfather.  At this point it's kind of ridiculous because my household income far exceeds his (he basically gets social security plus a modest minister's pension from the ELCA).

[Ed Anger]

All my grandparents are dead. 

[Caliga]

Just got the one grandpa left.  He's 91 so he probably won't be around for much longer.  I should go visit him but I never have the time.  I'm gonna regret it when he kicks off.

My other grandpa died in 1980.

[Ed Anger]

Dude, go if you can. Tell work to suck your dick and give them a crotch chop.

[Razgovory]

My last grandparent died back in '94.  I never knew either grandfather or one of my grandmothers.

[Caliga]

Both of my grandmothers died of cancer and both died in 1993... one in late June and the other in early August.  That was a rough year.

[PDH]

Never met my dad's father - he was born in 1897 and he was almost 70 when I was born (he survived gas attacks in World War I, lost most of one lung, smoked like a chimney, and owned William Morrow).  My other grandfather was the sailor, and he lived to be 90, dying a bit over a decade ago.

Cal, visit your grandfather, you schmuck.

[HVC]

my grandparents were dead or died shortly after i was born. Except for me paternal grandmother. she passed away when i was 5 or so. I just happened to be in portugal at the time. If i went to the funeral i don't remember it, but i do recall visiting the grave soon after. i do have fond memories of her. She was a good lady. Taught herself how to read and write at the young age of 70.

[Ideologue]

It's also their right to give it to the cum parasites.

In the US, you can gift $13k tax free per year. I know because I give my mom that much every single year. 

That's fine - I'm fine with gifts, since the giver is still in mental capacity and presumably the decision is correct. But once a person croak, there is really no reason why his adult children should get anything of it (except if someone is e.g. disabled and cannot earn his or her maintenance).

That's why we invented these things called "wills."

...I'm sure this has been brought up already, but God damn.

Anyway, I generally agree with the idea of a very aggressive estate tax.  100% past, say, $200,000, not including a family home that the survivors intend to live in.

[Ideologue]

Your view reflects your communist upbringing.  "These parasites should not inherit the People's wealth! The money should be given to the government and redistributed as needed."

I have well-off parents. They helped me with my life and I'm fine with it. But I now earn my own living and I see no reason why I should get their money whe they die. So really it's hard to say I had a communist upbringing. Quite the opposite.

I assume, then, that you will gift your inheritance to the Polish state?  If so, I'll have to change certain opinions I hold of you (nothing you'd find terribly negative, I'm afraid, only that you're rather selfish).

[Ideologue]

So, noone is going to agree with me? Seriously? Since when this forum has gone so neo-con?

Because it is a terrible idea. Many people that earn lots of wealth have it tied to a business venture of some sort. Imagine a farmer who in old age knows he can't leave the property to his children but has money put aside. He certainly won't have much incentive to invest in improvements to the farm. He may actually have an incentive to destroy the farm's value: for example, if the tractors outside interrupt his afternoon nap, perhaps he will shut half the farm down so he can sleep in peace. Or if he really likes baseball, maybe he will build a field to see if they come.

The same principles work with any other business. It also probably won't be for the best for the government to own all of businesses once the current owners die.

[Ideologue]

I still get checks, and sometimes actual cash, for like $10 mailed to me every Christmas from my grandfather.  At this point it's kind of ridiculous because my household income far exceeds his (he basically gets social security plus a modest minister's pension from the ELCA).

I finally found, and used, a $50 gift card I lost two Christmases ago.