Marc, > >> So, Austin, it seems that you come from a family > >> which is both in that upper 3% of the > >> asset-wealthy and which was so inept as not to > >> engage in sound estate planning. > > > >Who said my parents didn't? Marc, you're opining when you simply do not > >have the facts. And, you're wrong. But, the facts of my > family estate are > >not relevant to the discussion. > > Then, as you suggested to Frank, quit > whining. I'm not whining. I'm expressing my opinion on why I think a particular tax is wrong/unfair. It had nothing to do with my own personal experience. I don't have to have personal experience with murder to know it's wrong. > Either your family got slammed by > inheritance taxes -- and, since the late 1980's, > this would only have happened had your family > been uber-rich and had done no estate planning -- > or it wasn't. Why can't you get that it has nothing to do with MY family? Get over that. My only reason for mentioning them was that I had first hand experience WITH the estate tax. That doesn't imply at all that we got "slammed" by it. It simply means I know what the rules were at the time of my mother's death. > I completely agree with you that death taxes are > wrong... OK... But you should still apologize for comments aimed at my parents "seeming to be...so inept" and "slackers", which were (and are) completely unfounded. That was inappropriate. Austin --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list