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Originally Posted by doggin94it
It's not "gaming the system". It is the system.
As I said, there is no morality to gift and estate taxes beyond their revenue raising features. And, in enacting those revenue raising features, the tax code was written to say "we'll tax you on transaction X, but not Y".
Frankly, given that, any rational person would do transaction Y, if possible.
More, I find the unintentional irony here pretty damn funny - the same people who complained that Romney was "gaming the system" by not taking all the deductions he was entitled to are now claiming he is gaming the system by engaging in transactions the government has chosen - chosen - not to tax, rather than in transactions the government chooses to tax.
You've got to flip your perspective on "appropriate behavior as a citizen" like a pancake to make the condemnation fit in both directions.
Let's be honest. Romney has money. More than most voters will see in several lifetimes. That's a wedge issue for the envious, and the Democrats are swinging it for all its worth. If that's the type of thing you can get behind, so be it; as an independent who has voted Democrat far more often than Republican, it disgusts me.
No, what posters on this board accuse public unions of doing is buying the people they are negotiating with.
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Have to agree with what warfish said about you "The smartest poster on JI's political board". You also keep your cool with reasoned responses. I like the more violent approach. LOL.
A while ago you seemed undecided in the race. I hope not now. You may not be in the $250k range yet, but you will be. Guard your $$.