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Originally Posted by wildchild
i doubt if everyone laughs, I bet there are at least a few people who think the Gov't deserves that money. it will lower our tax base etc.
estate tax seems to be the gov't's final joke. you know the only two things guarranteed are death and taxes. now you get both at the same time. ok next year you will.
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I think one of the motives behind it is to help prevent families from getting to powerful over a couple of generations. Prevent too much power from falling into one bloodline because then vampires would take over and we'd all have to answer to Sally fields.