That's a very good point. Old folks use the #NHS disproportionately, so claw some of the costs back through inheritance tax. #youandyours
@anubeon @NHSWBlower And old folks will have paid a higher amount of tax/NI over time, to reach old age. You'd have them pay twice?? N
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@C7RKY Actually, inheritance tax is not charged to the dead (you can't tax the dead) or the estate (AFAIK)…@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower You can play semantics if you like, but it's still their estate you're proposing raiding. Easier to rob, once dead? -
@C7RKY It's not semantics you fool! It's the reality. All the 'death tax' malarky is just so much rhetoric espoused by the…@NHSWBlower
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@C7RKY …it's charged against the beneficiary, to whom inheritence is unearned income and a windfall.@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower I used to advise people on inheritance tax affairs. I'm familiar with its make up.
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@C7RKY In any case, we're all double taxed with VAT, duties and alike anyway. It's part and parcel of how govts fund themselves@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower Governments aren't supposed to fund themselves. They're supposed to fund public services. Maybe that's the confusion?! -
@C7RKY Oh for the love of… now that IS semantics! :-\@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower It's the entire point, but never mind. Being called a fool by a fool, is generally something from which I take comfort. -
@C7RKY Hardly, did you seriously think when I typed 'how govts fund themselves' I was thinking about champagne lunches and…@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower Yeah... that must have been what I was thinking. Well done. You've got it all worked out. -
@C7RKY Oh piss off you tediously sarky git! :-|@NHSWBlower -
@anubeon@NHSWBlower You started with the insults, not me. Dish it out, but don't like it back? Figures... - 1 more reply
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