Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : Deuce From : Angus McLeod Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 12:19 am Re: Re: Um...no comment? By: Deuce to Angus McLeod on Mon Sep 12 2005 18:54:00 > > My father started his > > business with a working capital of four pounds. He worked himself into a > > early grave (died at 60) and left a widow and a son still at school (me). > > Someone want to tell me why my mother should have been left destitute and > > I should have been denied the ability to complete my education, just so > > the government could rip off my old man's estate? Particularly when you > > consider that whatever he left behind was *already* the slim pickings > > remaining after every cent he ever made had already been taxed to the > > hilt? > > Any particular reason the assets couldn't have been jointly held between him > and his wife? Any particular reason why they should have? > And remember, I was suggesting death taxes as an alternative to all other > taxes. I didn't realise this, but I still feel that you should be able to provide for your family/mistress/Persian cats/charity of your choice. --- þ Synchronet þ Generated automatically on The ANJO BBS .