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Post by breathless on Jan 28, 2007 1:25:43 GMT -5
What effect would it have if you were not allowed to pass on any assets when you died? And to keep from cheating you are only allowed to give a certain amount of assets to individuals per year.
How would this effect the overall quality of living and the economy?
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Post by jackilyn on Jan 28, 2007 1:31:59 GMT -5
material things arent that important imo
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Post by Chep on Jan 28, 2007 2:11:58 GMT -5
communist
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Post by breathless on Jan 28, 2007 2:29:57 GMT -5
Within the frame of a capitalist economy.
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Post by jackilyn on Jan 28, 2007 3:33:17 GMT -5
people like paris hilton wouldn't exist
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Post by princenething on Jan 28, 2007 11:10:48 GMT -5
could i give it to charity? or would it have to go with me?
P_N
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Post by Mav-O-Matic on Jan 28, 2007 16:40:54 GMT -5
well, the government would sure get a fuckload richer...philanthropy isn't one of our strong points as humans..
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Post by Chep on Jan 28, 2007 18:33:56 GMT -5
all fun aside i think its a good idea it would level the playing field and give the government money to do cool stuff like health care and education
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Post by Linty McGinty on Mar 12, 2007 5:38:26 GMT -5
communist
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Post by Mav-O-Matic on Mar 12, 2007 20:04:29 GMT -5
except the government wouldn't do cool stuff, they would do stupid stuff
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Post by jackilyn on Mar 12, 2007 21:21:05 GMT -5
maybe not now
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Post by Leviathan on Mar 13, 2007 2:27:02 GMT -5
It would also leave a lot ofpeople without homes. My folks live in my grandma's house. Most people put a lot of there money into their homes. It can help out their kids when they have died. Considering the cost of a house these days, a lot of people our age will struggle to ever own their own home. Removing the family home, especially from poor families will just leave people financially worse off, with govermnments and banks alot richer. Unless of course they offload the home t one individual before they die, which would be awful if they have more then one child. This will just lead to family bitterness and the break up of the remaining family unit.
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Post by Pushead on Mar 13, 2007 18:44:47 GMT -5
I'm taking it all with me, and burying it or burning it. Either way no one gets anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Chep on Mar 13, 2007 22:51:27 GMT -5
lev: i think like any tax system it would be graduated... but also like any tax system, the ricfh will find ways around it
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Post by Linty McGinty on Mar 14, 2007 6:31:59 GMT -5
mav knows whats goin on governments should be heaps smaller, libertarian style, and not do things they don't need to. such as attack countries, give nukes to jewish countries, etc. australia is getting a new government in the next election and we're gonna skin out of iraq the day that happens. MOD: optuszoo.news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=153953&rss=yes&_cobr=optuswe'll be leaving a few troops
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