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Millionaire Leaves Entire Estate To Pay National Debt
WFTV-NEWS ^ | 1-20-2006

Posted on 01/20/2006 4:53:38 PM PST by Cagey

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To: Cagey

rofl she covers the federal debt increase for what, 70 minutes?


81 posted on 01/20/2006 6:58:20 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: Cagey
I've been thinking about private/public wealth. Say you had a great idea. An idea that made every one in the country want your product. Over the years you parlayed that into a giant corporation with plants all over the country and thousands of employees. You amass an astonishing fortune of $350,000,000.

With you entire enormous fortune you could buy islands in the Caribbean, Castles in Spain, precious jewels, but with all this vast wealth you still could not afford to build the MLK memorial the Feds want to spend $400,000,000 on in DC.

82 posted on 01/20/2006 6:58:55 PM PST by DManA
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To: WoofDog123

correction - make that 70 seconds


83 posted on 01/20/2006 6:59:25 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: DManA

I would imagine the graft level on public works projects is astonishingly high. Anything over 90% would surprise me a little, though.


84 posted on 01/20/2006 7:00:43 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: A Citizen Reporter; NautiNurse

There is no federal inheritance tax - it's an estate tax, levied on the estate, not directly on the people who inherit.

As for Mrs. Taylor - well, it's her money and this is a free country. If she wants to give it to the government, that's her choice (albeit not one I'd make).


85 posted on 01/20/2006 7:07:26 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: conservative in nyc
"There is no federal inheritance tax - it's an estate tax, levied on the estate, not directly on the people who inherit.

Yes, that's why it's also know as a DEATH TAX.

86 posted on 01/20/2006 7:13:29 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Cagey

I don't know, I like her spunk. There are a lot of strong civilians in America. The terrorists look at civilians and only see the ones the want to see. When the fight goes down it will go much deeper than any jihadist ever imagined and the American character will once again be praised.


87 posted on 01/20/2006 7:19:38 PM PST by TBall
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To: raj bhatia

I don't get the tone of this thread. Would she have been "saner" if she had given the money to MoveOn.org?


88 posted on 01/20/2006 7:26:25 PM PST by trek
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To: Cagey
Taylor died in November at age 98. She told her family that she planned to use her money to help people...

And who did she help? Absolutely no one. I wonder how old she was when she executed the will.

89 posted on 01/20/2006 7:29:33 PM PST by Semi Civil Servant (The Main Stream Media: Al-Qaeda's most effective spy network.)
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To: TBall

See post #61, I agree


90 posted on 01/20/2006 7:31:28 PM PST by Tyche (A half truth is a whole lie)
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To: SteveMcKing
small chunk of pocket change.

Hmmm, I think in this case the term "chump" change would be more accurate.

91 posted on 01/20/2006 7:37:53 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s......you weren't really there.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

I wish more Democrats would put their money where their mouth is. I tell Democrats all the time if they oppose President Bush's tax cuts, they should donate the extra savings back to the government. That way they don't have to keep money they don't think they deserve.

This woman has a belief and put her money behind it. Good for her. More Democrats and pro-tax Republicans should do the same.


92 posted on 01/20/2006 9:47:31 PM PST by conservative_2001 (Defeat Jean Schmidt and Paul Hackett in 2006!)
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To: Cagey

The only difference between her and other Democrats is that she put up her own money to stand behind her ideas of what should be done with money.

God bless her. I wish more Democrats spent their own money on their own ideas.


93 posted on 01/20/2006 9:50:53 PM PST by krb (ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
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To: conservative_2001
This woman has a belief and put her money behind it. Good for her. More Democrats and pro-tax Republicans should do the same.

If her belief were in the sphere of reality, it would be fine.

That is not the case here.

It is the equivalent of leaving her money to "the fund for controlling the sun's burn-rate to prevent global warming."

While the idea makes one feel all warm inside about "doing something," it has zero effect on reality.

94 posted on 01/21/2006 6:37:46 AM PST by ImaGraftedBranch ("Toleration" has never been affiliated with the virtuous. Think about it.)
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To: Diplomat

That is a great service to his country.

I truly believe that democrats were different back then. Not so nutty as they are now.


95 posted on 01/21/2006 6:48:58 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator
I did find out he served in the south Pacific. I was guessing the north Atlantic. Still trying to get the ship name. We built over 2,700 of the Liberty ships during the war. He was married for 59 years.

His obituary

96 posted on 01/21/2006 11:30:03 AM PST by Diplomat
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To: Polybius

Good one...LOL!


97 posted on 01/23/2006 7:49:39 AM PST by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem! WBB lives on. Beware the Enemedia.)
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To: Cagey

Well, the phrase was " A sucker is born every minute" as suppose that means a sucker dies every minute also.


98 posted on 01/23/2006 7:53:06 AM PST by techcor
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To: DoughtyOne

How does anyone that stupid wind up with more than 1 million dollars?Actually it's not that much anymore.
She must have been senile, though, and I'm glad to hear that her lawyer tried to talk her out of it. It's the kind of thickheaded "idealism" that is only available to the senile, who wind up giving their money to either the government or their pet cat (who could actually put it to better use than the govt.)


99 posted on 01/23/2006 7:59:49 AM PST by willyboyishere (""The unlived life is not worth examining" ---willyboyishere)
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To: abb
You cannot help a drunk by giving them another bottle of whiskey...

Amen. Nuff said.

100 posted on 01/23/2006 8:02:43 AM PST by Rocky (Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
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