I leave for a while and come back to a tax discussion. Looks lively. IMO, simple is better. The tax codes/types are WAY too complex. And the complexity of the code necessarily requires additional bureaucracy, which costs more money, which requires more taxes, which adds to the complexity, which — is anyone noticing a pattern here?

Certainly, we have to have taxes to fund necessary government functions. And there is a LOT of discussion about which functions are actually necessary and to what degree.

I know, that was a bit broad for the discussion on estate taxes.

re: #410 webevintage

*waves at webvintage*

Hey! What part of AR, if you don’t mind my asking? I grew up there and all of our family still lives there.