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May I refer you to what some would consider the authority on all things "moral" and "fair"? Specifically, the God of the Bible. For instance, Ecclesiastes 5:15 (among others): -"As he had come naked from his mother's womb, so will he return as he came." It seems to me that, if you're a good...

Yeah, I get it... You're contradicting yourself and you can't see it. Let's just leave it, since we're not likely to resolve this to anyone's satisfaction. And? What is your point here and who is arguing otherwise? Did I ever, at any point in our discussion, suggest that the 99% should be...

Indeed... Pls note that, in spite of the various digressions, my point all along was that, fundamentally, the idea of death/inheritance tax increasing inequality doesn't make sense. I was referring to taxation in general, since that's what was brought up. Regarding inheritance taxes, it's...

I propose that we try to avoid the "conservative"/"liberal" labels, which the actual research also attempts to do (other than when asking about the party allegiance). You can look at the highlights of what the specific responses to specific questions asked were here...

Yes, I agree, it would make a lot of sense for the money raised through death taxes to be invested in an optimal way. As to tax avoidance, I think we're stumbling towards a solution to the issue you describe... Firstly, I think there's a pretty meaningful crackdown on global tax avoidance...

Did you just ignore what I said? Or was what I said that unclear? Did I not ask you about death taxes applied universally to the 100%, rather than to the 99%? As to the rest of what you have said, yes, I understand that you want no taxes whatsoever. I want peace on earth and for all men to...

Indeed... I think I have realized the futility of trying to argue with YouTube videos.

You are not responding to my most recent question again, jem... Let me ask you again, a little differently. In your latest post you bring up two separate issues. Firstly, the death taxes themselves, which, based on your own reasoning, reduce inequality. Indeed, you mention that death taxes...

I sorta agree and disagree both... The issue is complicated and just taxing the wealthy isn't the solution, by any means. That's why I am trying to concentrate on a specific issue, i.e. the death/inheritance taxes. I find the idea interesting, although there are certainly questions about...

You're not responding to my question and instead keep talking about random unrelated subjects. So let's leave our discussion, as it's rather pointless.

Right, so let me concentrate on just the bit that's relevant to my specific question. You're saying that the ultra wealthy are able to avoid death/inheritance taxes, since they can use trusts and foreign entities, whereas the just wealthy cannot? Now let me ask you a similar question to what I...

Right, so correct me if I am misinterpreting you (god forbid you might get all sensitive on me like some others here), but are you saying that death taxes are collected from wealthy families, but the really wealthy people, the 0.02%, don't pay them? Or do the ultra wealthy families turn into...

Sorry, did I not express myself clearly? Didn't I say that I'll happily talk about my point(s) on the original subject right after we finish looking at your data and statistics? If you're so eager to see "my OWN original content and thoughts", you know what to do, right?

Yes, seems like a full 25bp hike priced by the end of Q2...

Right, here you go again... Let me respond, although I probably shouldn't. Firstly, I am not trying to bend the discussion, twist language and misquote. I also don't believe that you owe me anything. All I am asking is something that you have volunteered to provide yourself (pls note that...

I don't want to accuse volpunter of anything necessarily and I don't want to trap him/her any more than he/she has already trapped him/herself by making assertions that he/she cannot prove... I would just like to see some evidence and facts that volpunter offered to provide. Since he/she is...

I have a real beef with gurus who describe these whatever-you-call-'ems as "options strategies", especially when they suggest doing them w/spot delta. IMHO, that's just taking advantage of equity people, who appear to be somewhat less familiar with the concept of "term structure".

The BLS website (bls.gov) has all the historical data...

Well, best of luck to you... If I could offer you some advice, I would suggest you look into how fair value stock/index fwd prices are determined (cash-and-carry and all that jazz).

This all has to do, at least partly, with volatility being very low. Is QE is to blame for this? To some extent, probably...