tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639046296081313228.post9061051327344962749..comments2024-03-21T07:00:29.129-07:00Comments on basmanroselaw: Rationale for Estate Taxesitzik basmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819878847328122792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639046296081313228.post-51688203902765556162010-12-05T11:00:10.390-08:002010-12-05T11:00:10.390-08:00See my email to you sent just a few minutes ago.
...See my email to you sent just a few minutes ago.<br /><br />Kissless!itzik basmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819878847328122792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639046296081313228.post-42747681934726736512010-12-05T10:55:35.922-08:002010-12-05T10:55:35.922-08:00We have indeed, and I won't perpetuate the dan...We have indeed, and I won't perpetuate the dance -- just putting an alternative view, especially regarding "demagoguing", on record.Metamorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199074976158603981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639046296081313228.post-24059945716469520982010-12-05T10:30:55.073-08:002010-12-05T10:30:55.073-08:00I think we've gone around this mulberry bush a...I think we've gone around this mulberry bush a few times before.itzik basmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819878847328122792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639046296081313228.post-6702365818751739662010-12-04T22:52:28.153-08:002010-12-04T22:52:28.153-08:00These rationales start from the premise that tax p...<i>These rationales start from the premise that tax provisions should, among other things, enhance equality of condition.</i><br /><br />But the premise is a mistake from the start. Second, if "equity" in the sense of equality is the goal, there's no reason we shouldn't pursue that quite apart from death -- i.e., this is not an argument for a <i>death</i> tax as such. Third, the jump from equity to efficiency (5th paragraph) can't be made logical just by prefacing it with a "So". Fourth, the state has already been paid for its "ennabling" role through taxes per se -- death taxes are then double paying. And fifth, if in fact "human capital expansion" is a good thing that promises a better life for others, then this in itself argues against "equity" understood as equality, since that would eliminate such expansion. <br /><br />So would one person's "demagoguing" be another's reason? And vice versa, as in the attempt to draw artificial lines to separate "the rich" from us middle class folk looking a lot like class warfare demagoguery?Metamorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199074976158603981noreply@blogger.com