I understood it completely until I saw the threshold was $5M. -- Tafkam Hokie 11/03/2017 6:54PM
A lot of this inheritance is never taxed. The stepped up basis remains. -- THECZAR 11/03/2017 09:46AM
Rich peoples' money is magic money -- Beerman 11/03/2017 09:37AM
But as I've stated elsewhere, those taxes are different -- Hoo23 11/03/2017 12:50PM
Nah. Money is fungible -- Beerman 11/03/2017 1:04PM
Man, are you sure you're a libertarian? :-) ** -- HoosGuy 11/03/2017 10:17AM
I'm evolving -- Beerman 11/03/2017 10:45AM
I like to consider us realistic Libertarians. ** -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 11:14AM
Read Theodore Roosevelt, its great advocate. -- DanTheFan 11/03/2017 09:08AM
It further widens the gap between the super rich and the poor. I don't -- HoosWillWin 11/03/2017 08:20AM
Liberals need to feed their animal ** -- TomKazanski 11/03/2017 08:02AM
Dunce ** -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 08:44AM
Can someone explain Property Tax? -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 07:18AM
Is this a serious question or are you mocking the OP and other posts here? ** -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 10:03AM
Not mocking, but just highlighting that many of the taxes -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 10:30AM
But you're not talking about double taxation, you're talking about taxes -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 11:08AM
Do you pay your property taxes with pretax dollars? ** -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 5:22PM
Isn't sales tax a double taxation (assuming I live in a state with income -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 11:12AM
No, that's just different mechanisms for the same entity to collect -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 11:36AM
Couldn't you argue that inheritance tax is a different mechanism -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 11:42AM
Yes, if it taxed only the gains and not the principle. Or got rid of the -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 12:00PM
Little guys get taxed on the same money multiple times all the time, e.g., -- Hoo TV 11/03/2017 07:50AM
Only little guys pay those taxes? Hoo knew. ** -- Hoodafan 11/03/2017 09:59AM
Leona Helmsley would have gotten away with it... -- ConnHoo 11/03/2017 10:23AM
Du-huh ** -- Hoo TV 11/03/2017 10:14AM
The Queen of Mean said "only the little people pay taxes" -- ConnHoo 11/03/2017 3:05PM
But that's different... -- Hoo23 11/03/2017 09:04AM
Not really. It doesn't change the fact that the money was already taxed, -- Hoo TV 11/03/2017 10:09AM
Because property taxes fund municipal services such as -- Hoo23 11/03/2017 07:48AM
What about property taxes on cars? ** -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 08:42AM
Much of the same...it all benefits your local government and its services -- Hoo23 11/03/2017 08:54AM
What about sales tax? -- CyberHoo78 11/03/2017 10:11AM
School districts need to pay the NEA/UFT union stewards. -- ConnHoo 11/03/2017 07:45AM
Family farms get hit the worst ** -- ConnHoo 11/03/2017 07:01AM
Idiot Post of the Week - a feat on this board. ** -- graycalhoo 11/03/2017 09:10AM
Unicorn farms in particular. ** -- WahooRQ 11/03/2017 08:59AM
$11 million + farms. ** -- wahoo138 11/03/2017 08:25AM
Mostly the flying pig farmers ** -- NJHoo 11/03/2017 07:56AM
Lol ** -- wahoo138 11/03/2017 08:23AM
Facts(link) -- hooshouse 11/03/2017 07:16AM
Umpossible ** -- FfxStationHokie 11/03/2017 08:36AM
How many "family" farms really exist where farmers are making.. -- GoochlandHoo 11/03/2017 07:14AM
I have heard Neil Harl in lectures -- Shenhoo 11/03/2017 07:26AM
Yeah...I'd love to hear that...but it more/less indicates what I was saying -- GoochlandHoo 11/03/2017 09:00AM
Farming is a very tough job -- ConnHoo 11/03/2017 07:21AM
Which has nothing to do with your incorrect post above ** -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 08:18AM
Please. You have an interest definition of "worst". It effects less than -- BocaHoo91 11/03/2017 07:14AM
It only benefits the extremely rich -- WahooMatt05 11/03/2017 06:56AM
How do congressmen get elected? Big money. Where does Big Money come from? ** -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 06:59AM
Crooked Hillary's came from Russia. Must be a lot of money -- manassashoo 11/03/2017 07:24AM
Show me evidence that either she or her campaign got even a dime -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 08:05AM
Here's a link to an article by the leftist NY Times. But I'm sure -- manassashoo 11/03/2017 08:28AM
We know even more in the 2.5 years since that article was written -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 08:32AM
A big Mint? ** -- Tuckahokie 11/03/2017 07:03AM
I see it as the "you F*&&ED" up tax, and now its time to pay up -- GoochlandHoo 11/03/2017 05:40AM
The House plan gets rid of the Estate Tax AND keeps stepped up basis -- BonsackHoo 11/03/2017 05:11AM
No way this can happen. No way. ** -- Stimp 11/03/2017 06:52AM
IMO this is one of the primary imperatives that the GOP -- 111Balz 11/03/2017 06:38AM
The double taxation argument is wrong a lot of the time. -- BonsackHoo 11/03/2017 04:24AM
I tend to agree -- HoosGuy 11/03/2017 02:28AM