Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Deuce
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 02:00 am

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Angus McLeod to Finnigann on Tue Sep 13 2005 00:29:00

 >  >  Ri> And the family owned business I started 30 years ago was just
 >  >  Ri> confiscated by the government, effectively putting my children on th
 >  >  Ri> streets.
 >  >
 >  > No, the patriarch just signs it over at some point and has everything tak
 >  > care of as part of the compensation.
 > 
 > So what is the point in creating a law to sieze a large chunk of
 > everyone's assets at death, if they can simply side-step the law?

Because, many patriarchs don't trust their heirs to take care of them.  In such
cases, I firmly believe the heirs don't deserve anything.

However, there's nothing stopping people from takeing out life insurance.


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