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@LawSelfDefense So this your basic appeal to authority?

@CollinRugg He would release it or…or he could keep it secret and keep its power

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RT @DavidDeutschOxf: Niall Ferguson countering a tidal wave of evil blather:

@asymmetricinfo But McD now says they don’t have a record either

@asymmetricinfo It would be less offensive if capital gains were indexed for inflation. But didn’t we try this back in 80’s? I seem to remember carry over basis on death being introduced and the heads of every tax accountant immediately exploded. I think it lasted less than a year.

@JoeBlow60252271 @asymmetricinfo True, but confused. The stepup in basis has nothing to do with estate tax. It has effect only when the inherited property is subsequently sold or depreciated

@asymmetricinfo Well, that’s what the estate tax does now, with a baseline exemption and a different rate structure than income tax, but basically the same as what you posit, although the tax is imposed on the estate and not the recipient