Results: Inheritance Comes With Strings Attached
Published on 03/30/2015
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Are you in favor of an inheritance tax or against it? I'm in favor of it.
8%
212 votes
I'm against it.
55%
1505 votes
I'm not sure.
24%
646 votes
n/a
14%
370 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
7 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| in favor, if set at a reasonable level | 0.04% | 1 |
| whoever you're getting the money from probably already paid taxes on it | 0.04% | 1 |
| i don't know enough about it, but i thought they couldn't take taxes out of an inheritance | 0.04% | 1 |
| it depends | 0.04% | 1 |
| if it is over a million dollars than what ever is over yes. | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends on the amount | 0.04% | 1 |
| it should be like any other capital gain, with a fair sized exemption. | 0.04% | 1 |
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Did you hear the recent comments made by Democratic Rep Linda Sanchez? She claimed it was unfair that single mothers have to be drug tested to receive assistance, but children don't have to jump through any hoops to inherit a large sum of money from their parents. Yes, I heard about this.
10%
268 votes
No, I did not.
67%
1827 votes
I'm not sure.
9%
244 votes
n/a
15%
401 votes
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Do you agree with her? Absolutely, it's not fair.
11%
304 votes
I can see her point, but I don't agree entirely.
14%
392 votes
No way, the two are not even comparable.
40%
1087 votes
I'm not sure.
15%
423 votes
n/a
19%
525 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| democratic = low iq | 0.04% | 1 |
| no drug testing for these women | 0.04% | 1 |
| no tax on inheritance and mother's should not even be tested | 0.04% | 1 |
| i fail to see the connection..... | 0.04% | 1 |
| well too bad maybe mothers can straighten up and do something better in life for her kids. life isn't easy and not handed too you easily. | 0.04% | 1 |
| while i do feel that drug testing the poor is just modern day jim crowism, i'm not it's directly comparable to an inheritance tax. that said, i have no problem with an inheritance tax. | 0.04% | 1 |
| drug tests for assistance i don't agree with | 0.04% | 1 |
| they're not comparable the kids are getting inheritance from parents. it's nothing to do with gov't. parents have already paid taxes on it. the help single mothers get is money given from taxpayers | 0.04% | 1 |
| sounds like something a crook would suggest | 0.04% | 1 |
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Would you like to see a new law requiring those who inherit money to take a drug test before receiving it? Absolutely.
9%
239 votes
Only if something in the benefactor's will decrees it.
23%
624 votes
No way.
39%
1056 votes
I'm not sure.
13%
368 votes
n/a
16%
442 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
11 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| come on guys we live in a free country | 0.04% | 1 |
| 0.04% | 1 | |
| that's rediculous. unless the benefactor asks for it i don't think they have the right. | 0.04% | 1 |
| the rules in the deceased will should be respected and followed | 0.04% | 1 |
| why would this ever occur? | 0.04% | 1 |
| it is their money welfare is is given from tax payers to help people get back on their feet | 0.04% | 1 |
| no | 0.04% | 1 |
| i don't think drug testing should be involved for the poor or the rich. | 0.04% | 1 |
| only if drugs are in their past | 0.04% | 1 |
| it is nobody's business... if it was left to them then it is thiers. | 0.04% | 1 |
| this is either america or it isnt | 0.04% | 1 |
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