Living in Canada is like having won the lottery relative to everywhere else we could have been born. 100%.
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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Well having a conversation on this is going to be hard if you just ignore certain things I say and then strawman my position. Again, people born into families that have money have basically won a lotto, so what's the downside to taxing those inheritances? Those who lucked their way into a pile of money they didn't work for, instead will luck into a smaller pile of money? Egads, what an unthinkable proposition!
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Egads, what an ass you are!
You don't have to be born into money to actually get an inheritance. My parents aren't loaded, but they worked their asses off and I'll get something. Not a lot, but something. Not enough to retire off of or even pay off my house, but perhaps something that would make a decent retirement savings contribution. Why would I be okay with that being arbitrarily taxed all of a sudden when everyone who came before me got it tax-free?
You think I'm ignoring what you're saying but I'm not. It's just that your arguments don't have the persuasive or explanatory power you think they do.