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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9981 on: April 14, 2019, 11:29:39 PM »
If the argument made in the article, that almost no-one pays, is true, why shouldn't the government abolish it completely (unless it's about making money for for lawyers and life insurance companies)?

With no planning whatsoever, under current law estates (of married people - which is now expanded) under ~$22MM should owe no federal estate taxes. The huge shock when the most recent tax law passed was that they didn’t do away with step-up in basis at death.

Families with a decent number of children and grandchildren also usually take advantage of annual exclusions for gifting.  Combine that with some common techniques to leverage gifting, as well as charitable planning, and you can easily transfer most 8 digit estates without much difficulty.

Which leads to the (relatively) few 9 digit and above estates. Those obviously present more of a challenge (except when a person is very charitable, in which case a world of planning opens up, that can leave their family and favorite charity with more money at the expense of Uncle Sam), and that’s where the big $$$ are for the tax to make sense as a revenue generator.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9982 on: April 15, 2019, 12:33:46 AM »
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« Reply #9983 on: April 15, 2019, 02:43:21 PM »
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-people-have-spoken-they-want-to-live-in-netanyahus-israel/

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Over 57% of counted votes went to right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties (Likud; Shas; UTJ; Yisrael Beytenu; United Right-Wing Parties; Kulanu; The New Right; Zehut, and Gesher). This is the highest proportion in Israeli history. Only 34% went to centrist and left of center Zionist parties (Blue and White, Labor and Meretz).

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By way of comparison, the 2015 elections saw over 56% voting for right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties (Likud, Kulanu, Jewish Home, Shas, Yisrael Beytenu and Yachad). In 2013, the comparable figure was 48% (Likud, Jewish Home, Shas, UTJ, Otzma LeYisrael). In 2009, it was 54% (Likud, Yisrael Beytenu, Shas, UTJ, National Union and Jewish Home).

Going way back to 1977, when Menachem Begin’s Likud first won power, the comparable proportion was about 53% — and that’s including the then-relatively centrist National Religious Party, which had partnered with Labor-led governments for the past three decades.

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9986 on: April 19, 2019, 12:51:53 AM »
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-debate-over-whether-1234-112-180949559/

This is so unbelievably stupid I don't care what anybody says.

It's like saying the world is infinite because numbers are infinite.
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« Reply #9987 on: April 19, 2019, 12:02:25 PM »
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/great-debate-over-whether-1234-112-180949559/

This is so unbelievably stupid I don't care what anybody says.

It's like saying the world is infinite because numbers are infinite.
I agree it's super stupid, that was the point of the article. And I don't get your analogy. The stupidity is that they presented something as cool and surprising which was only so because they changed the meaning of a plain English word to something it does not mean.  It's like saying "I have and elephant as small as a mouse" using proprietary definitions for I, elephant, small, and mouse.

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9991 on: April 23, 2019, 12:06:15 AM »
https://nypost.com/2019/04/22/nightmarish-fatbergs-are-clogging-new-yorks-sewers/amp/

So much for "flushable" wipes. Just use regular baby wipes and a garbage can in the bathroom.
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« Reply #9992 on: April 23, 2019, 09:24:32 AM »
https://nypost.com/2019/04/22/nightmarish-fatbergs-are-clogging-new-yorks-sewers/amp/

So much for "flushable" wipes. Just use regular baby wipes and a garbage can in the bathroom.
Many other cities have been having this problem as well. I also know numerous people that have had their pipes clogged from these.

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« Reply #9993 on: April 23, 2019, 09:29:26 AM »
Many other cities have been having this problem as well. I also know numerous people that have had their pipes clogged from these.
Right. And the companies marketing these as flushable should be forced to foot the bill, rather than the general public.

This is false advertising/marketing on a colossal scale.
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« Reply #9994 on: April 23, 2019, 12:37:30 PM »
Right. And the companies marketing these as flushable should be forced to foot the bill, rather than the general public.

This is false advertising/marketing on a colossal scale.
flushable with consequences
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« Reply #9995 on: April 23, 2019, 12:39:33 PM »
flushable with consequences
Anything is flushable with consequences.
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« Reply #9997 on: April 23, 2019, 01:49:28 PM »
Anything is flushable with consequences.
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