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Originally Posted by Sharp
I don't necessarily like taxes (half of my family was born in the soviet union) but things like infrastructure, emergency/municipal services. I'm with you on expanding the deficit if it actually helps most Americans too, but yeah.
Haven't done much research on anything I'm about to say after this, but
You a fan of global trade? I feel like Protectionist tariffs get oddly political but I generally like them. I'm willing to bet some of kind of opening will allow for foreign competitors to get around tariffs (like if you're located in another country but have x number of plants here, you can apply for an exemption) because Trump's turning into a run of the mill Republican, and I'm sure he'll buckle to the same special interests they do.
I'm from the greater Philadelphia area. Life's been relatively untouched by any economic factors in my lifetime since all the big changes happened between 1940s-80s, just the same trend of cost of living rising faster than wages in an area that's more expensive than most. We don't have so many factories in Delco/Montco/Philly since there's counties of open space surrounding us
And isn't the point of the estate tax to compensate for the appreciation of value that never gets taxed otherwise? The only things I remember learning about it were that and Teddy Roosevelt's massive hard on for it
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im too dumb to understand your last sentence, honestly. lol
but basically my point of view is the money you've earned in your life, and all your possessions and properties you've already paid taxes on, to tax them again before giving them to your heirs is nonsense. they are still going to have to pay taxes on any properties/when they spend the money etc. its an extra tax that helps no one and is specifically government greed to help support a bloated government full of useless positions and career politicians that are criminally overpaid