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Originally posted by Cletus Miller
Yeah, I realize you aren't really upset about the estate tax, but it's become a bedrock republican-party issue. And I don't get it--if you have those kind of assets, you can afford to do the planning. If you don't, you're dumb. It's not so much a "death tax" as a stupidity tax.
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Its taken on a moral element and once it does that the whole debate becomes a little irrational. I agree with you. I used to think it was unfair for people with that money to be forced to hire financial planners or tax lawyers, but I've come to believe that's a ludicrous criticism, and probably borne more of my intense dislike for Taxwonk than anything else.
