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minus-square frog 🐸 ( @frog@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish66•3 months ago ‘Is money a birthright now?’ If it’s not, then logically a 100% inheritance tax must be imposed. After all, nobody is entitled to money just for being born, right?
minus-square shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@monero.town ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months agoIn that case, I would burn all my money rather than pay it in taxes before I died. Just put every single penny you have into Bitcoin or something and then purposely delete the private keys.
minus-square Kache ( @Kache@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink13•edit-23 months agoIn the long run, nearly the same effect as 100% inheritance tax anyways. The government won’t know the cash has been removed from the economy, but it’ll have been removed all the same.
minus-square shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@monero.town ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoNot really because I sure as hell wouldn’t be paying it to the government.
minus-square Saik0 ( @Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•3 months agoThey’ll just print it regardless.
minus-square kent_eh ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish11•3 months agoNot to mention anti-social.
minus-square shortwavesurfer ( @shortwavesurfer@monero.town ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoBy not paying it to the government, I am not personally supporting killing people across the world. So it seems like the moral thing to do.
minus-square Pilgrim ( @Pilgrim@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink9•3 months agoChildren like you are exactly why we should do this.
If it’s not, then logically a 100% inheritance tax must be imposed. After all, nobody is entitled to money just for being born, right?
In that case, I would burn all my money rather than pay it in taxes before I died. Just put every single penny you have into Bitcoin or something and then purposely delete the private keys.
In the long run, nearly the same effect as 100% inheritance tax anyways.
The government won’t know the cash has been removed from the economy, but it’ll have been removed all the same.
Not really because I sure as hell wouldn’t be paying it to the government.
They’ll just print it regardless.
Pretty spiteful of you
Not to mention anti-social.
By not paying it to the government, I am not personally supporting killing people across the world. So it seems like the moral thing to do.
Children like you are exactly why we should do this.