Comments on: Frist, Bush, And The Coalition of Jackals http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: outer_space http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/#comment-5353 outer_space Mon, 05 Sep 2005 19:09:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=388#comment-5353 People of moderate wealth measuring in the millions or tens of millions are going to be taxed more after the estate tax is repealed, the people with hundreds of millions or billions are going to get off with paying almost nothing. People of moderate wealth measuring in the millions or tens of millions are going to be taxed more after the estate tax is repealed, the people with hundreds of millions or billions are going to get off with paying almost nothing.

]]> By: Dana R. Pico http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/#comment-5352 Dana R. Pico Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:09:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=388#comment-5352 The estate tax is a terrible thing. People work their entire lives, working hard to build up something for their heirs, having everything they have built up taxed when it was earned, taxed as property when it is held, taxed for interest and dividends and returns it accrues, and when the heirs inherit it, it will be, once again, taxed as property, taxed on the money it earns, taxed on the interest and dividends and returns it accrues; why on God's earth do we have to tax it when the owner dies as well? There is one very sorry fact about the estate tax: it is saying, in effect, that people don't own anything, that the government owns everything, and that it is only by the largesse of the government that anyone is allowed to keep anything. Heck, Oliver, you're a fan of the Deadskins: look what happened to the good ownership of the team when Jack Kent Cooke died, and tried to avoid the estate tax, leaving his son unable to control the team. You got the utterly incompetent Daniel Snyder. The Redskins would have been a lot better off had the estate tax not existed! The estate tax is a terrible thing. People work their entire lives, working hard to build up something for their heirs, having everything they have built up taxed when it was earned, taxed as property when it is held, taxed for interest and dividends and returns it accrues, and when the heirs inherit it, it will be, once again, taxed as property, taxed on the money it earns, taxed on the interest and dividends and returns it accrues; why on God’s earth do we have to tax it when the owner dies as well?

There is one very sorry fact about the estate tax: it is saying, in effect, that people don’t own anything, that the government owns everything, and that it is only by the largesse of the government that anyone is allowed to keep anything.

Heck, Oliver, you’re a fan of the Deadskins: look what happened to the good ownership of the team when Jack Kent Cooke died, and tried to avoid the estate tax, leaving his son unable to control the team. You got the utterly incompetent Daniel Snyder. The Redskins would have been a lot better off had the estate tax not existed!

]]> By: neoconsrloopy http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/#comment-5351 neoconsrloopy Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:09:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=388#comment-5351 The poor heirs of Jack Kent Cooke can't own a football team because of the death tax! How tragic? How will they live! Maybe they should pick themselves up by their bootstraps and earn the money to buy the team back. We don't tax money, we tax transfer of money. The estate tax is a transaction of conferring wealth from one generation to another. It only affects the largest 1% of estates annually. The poor heirs of Jack Kent Cooke can’t own a football team because of the death tax! How tragic? How will they live! Maybe they should pick themselves up by their bootstraps and earn the money to buy the team back.

We don’t tax money, we tax transfer of money. The estate tax is a transaction of conferring wealth from one generation to another. It only affects the largest 1% of estates annually.

]]> By: Joshua Gaines http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/#comment-5350 Joshua Gaines Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:09:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=388#comment-5350 <em>Probably getting his rabies shots.</em> You must write for Gaggle. Probably getting his rabies shots.

You must write for Gaggle.

]]> By: Hedley http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/09/04/frist-bush-and-the-coalition-of-jackals/#comment-5349 Hedley Mon, 05 Sep 2005 03:09:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=388#comment-5349 I find it a bit disingenuous for Howard Dean to be criticizing Frist with respect to anything related to Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Bill Frist was in New Orleans putting his medical skills to use. Where was Dr. Dean? I find it a bit disingenuous for Howard Dean to be criticizing Frist with respect to anything related to Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Bill Frist was in New Orleans putting his medical skills to use. Where was Dr. Dean?

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