$1.1M left to pay on U.S. debt

The Cincinnati Post ^ | 1/20/2006 | AP

[eraser2005]

FINDLAY, Ohio - A woman who died Nov. 9 at age 98 has bequeathed her $1.1 million estate to the federal government and requested that it be used to help pay down the $8.1 trillion national debt.

Attorney Tom Drake, the executor of Margaret Elizabeth Taylor's estate, said his client made it "very clear" what her fortune was to be used for. Her will was filed recently in Hancock County Probate Court.

Taylor, of Findlay, was a staunch Democrat who believed the national debt should be paid off and she wanted to do her part, Drake said.

[eraser2005]

You've got to admire her convictions on paying off the deficit, but with the current buffoons running the government, you also have to think she's just pounding sand down a rat hole.

[satchmodog9]

Now they get an aditional 1.1 mil in the budget.

[Murtyo]

One Million Dollars

[TXBSAFH]

Some congressman will fritter it away on pork no doubt.

[sgtbono2002]

I hope her heirs dont need the money ,because she just tossed away 1.1 million into somebody's pork barrel.

[50sDad]

Freeking idiot. This is like giving a bum who is overdrawn on his Visa a free Master Card with 1.1 Millon on it prepaid. I'd sooner give a drunk four-year-old a handgun!

[Lazamataz]

$1.1M left to pay on U.S. debt

Good. We're almost done, then.

[moasicwolf]

So many morons...So little time

[Constitution Day]

What a dumba55.

[Jazzman1]

A DIMocRAt who actually pays INTO THE TREASURY. Did I just feel the earth move?

[thulldud]

you also have to think she's just pounding sand down a rat hole.

That's what Democrats do. The sand is golden, and they're the RATs.

[vbmoneyspender]

Taylor, of Findlay, was a staunch Democrat

She worshipped the state in life and she apparently worshipped the state in death.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Good. We're almost done, then

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the title of the post. What a strange way to lead into that article, lol.

[xcamel]

Could the feds be held liable for the 50% gift tax on that??

[Flightdeck]

My master's thesis on the correlation between democrats and idiocy is now finished.

[Old Professer]

She would have done as much good by buying $1.1 million worth of ice and throwing it in the snow.

[libertarianPA]

Does this mean WE get to impose a Death Tax on the U.S. Government for a change?

[SMARTY]

What? Nothing for the 'chirl'n'?

[mikeus_maximus]

I actually respect that. A Democrat recently told me we should be taxed more to pay down the debt. I told him to put his money where his mouth is and if he feels the gov't needs more money, send more of his own paycheck.

Most Dems are hypocrits about this, just like they are about charity: "It needs to be done, and others should pay for it, not me"

[mikeus_maximus]

I actually respect that. A Democrat recently told me we should be taxed more to pay down the debt. I told him to put his money where his mouth is and if he feels the gov't needs more money, send more of his own paycheck.

Most Dems are hypocrits about this, just like they are about charity: "It needs to be done, and others should pay for it, not me"