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The biggest straw man

rustypouch said:
Indeed. The railing against it but the Republicans is wild, even though the exclusion is very high. Isn't inheritance unearned money, and it's possible to get over $5 million before taxes kick in.
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A bit more than that, actually:

If an asset is left to a spouse or a federally recognized charity, the tax usually does not apply. In addition, up to a certain amount varying year by year can be given by an individual, before and/or upon their death, without incurring federal gift or estate taxes:[2] $5,340,000 for estates of persons dying in 2014,[3] $5,430,000 for estates of persons dying in 2015,[4] and $5,450,000 (effectively $10.90 million per married couple) for estates of persons dying in 2016.[5] Because of these exemptions, only the largest 0.2% of estates in the US will have to pay any estate tax.[6]
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Source.
 
NoahFence said:
Yes. The reality is you people make total fools of yourself with every passing syllable you type or spew.
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Your posts would be an example of this spewing? Get back to us when you have something other than emotion to post.
 
rustypouch said:
And who pays for this education?
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It's not socialist for the state to provide an education. :rolleyes:


I supposed that's a fundamental difference between us. I want people to be happy and comfortable, and to avoid suffering. You espouse policies which encourage it.
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So you're a socialist, fine. I want people to be free, I want to be free. Which means people have to take responsibility for themselves, oh the horror.

Freedom is what our country was founded on, you can do what you like in your country.
 
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I was reminded of our Hollywood elite who in times past idolized Chavez and his socialist Venezuela. Losers like Sean Penn and Harry Belafonte. But it seems the upper classes had enough of having their land seized and being forced to work for nothing.

In my country poverty is a choice, the state gives for free all the tools a person needs to get out.
 
logger said:
Because it causes men to rely on big daddy government. There is nothing more pitiful than the supposed man who's a liberal begging for others to pay his way.
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Says the guy who thinks it’s a great idea for big daddy government to step in and protect the industries he works in...
 
Worm said:
This assumes all socialists are on the receiving end of the equation. Distinctly not the case.
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Conservative States are much more commonly on the receiving end of US Government "redistribution" than Liberal ones.
 
TraneWreck said:
Based on the perverse notion that suffering will "build character" or lead to some end.
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Lol
You haven't a clue on human nature, typical of the destructive left.
And yet, the people with the most in this culture suffer the least. I would be more inclined to believe this Conservative notion that you need to get rid of social programs that provide basic needs to motivate work ethic if it was applied it to the children of the obscenely wealthy.
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Lies, you can't name a single conservative that wants to get rid of basic social programs.
We should have 100% inheritance taxes so the children of privilege can learn about work ethic through suffering.
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Interesting, this is a perfect example. If my aunt dies, you would have the state take it all because the state knows the best way to spend it. Even though it might give me a leg up and help my finances get out of the middle class or even poverty. Thankfully your side has been defeated. ;)
 
lomiller said:
Says the guy who thinks it’s a great idea for big daddy government to step in and protect the industries he works in...
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Yeah our government has a role in protecting our jobs. Our standard of living cannot compete with the slave labor you get paid. ;)
 
xjx388 said:
Good or bad all depends on your personal viewpoint. In the US, the prevailing viewpoint has always been to pull yourself up by the bootstraps; i.e., take personal responsibility for your success or failure. Welfare states have been seen as very bad things.
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The US is one of the worst among developed countries for that happening. If you are born poor in the US, you are more likely to stay poor than in countries with a stronger social infrastructure.
 
rustypouch said:
And who pays for this education?

I supposed that's a fundamental difference between us. I want people to be happy and comfortable, and to avoid suffering. You espouse policies which encourage it.
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Actually liberals are the ones who espouse policies which encourage suffering, via the welfare trap. I know, I know, they didn't mean to, and they should only get credit or blame for their intentions.
 
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