{"items": [{"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100112562211262?comment_id=10100112564307062", "anchor": "fb-10100112564307062", "service": "fb", "text": "\u201cYou\u201d don\u2019t pay anything for estate tax; your estate pays it, because you are dead.", "timestamp": "1569324324"}, {"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100112562211262?comment_id=10100112568104452", "anchor": "fb-10100112568104452", "service": "fb", "text": "How many people are impacted? Is this worth the time to think about?", "timestamp": "1569327658"}, {"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1569327952"}, {"author": "Danner", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100112562211262?comment_id=10100112568104452&reply_comment_id=10100112569661332", "anchor": "fb-10100112568104452_10100112569661332", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Ok, I'm not going to take up this cause, feel free to use your time on it.", "timestamp": "1569328581"}, {"author": "Phillip", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100112562211262?comment_id=10100112568104452&reply_comment_id=10100113070542562", "anchor": "fb-10100112568104452_10100113070542562", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;It will be quite a few actually. When i moved to Arlington there was never a million dollar home sale. Then there were unicorns. Now it is common, and soon it will be the rule. Most estates are the family home and then some money or stocks (often not much). It's kind of like AMT which was originally targeted at fewer than 1000 people when implemented, but then grew to 36 Billion dollars and a significant swath of people.", "timestamp": "1569606769"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100112562211262?comment_id=10100112568104452&reply_comment_id=10100113071705232", "anchor": "fb-10100112568104452_10100113071705232", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;\"36 Billion\" -&gt; \"36 Million\"", "timestamp": "1569607138"}, {"author": "opted out", "source_link": "#", "anchor": "unknown", "service": "unknown", "text": "this user has requested that their comments not be shown here", "timestamp": "1569327668"}, {"author": "Dagon", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x2KwxjzJBbqwvq5Sz#Br44bYg9LSMLLXqWT", "anchor": "lw-Br44bYg9LSMLLXqWT", "service": "lw", "text": "At those margins, there are a lot of ways to avoid that particular issue - mostly by giving to other recipients to keep you at $0.999M unless you can give over 1.038M.<br><br>This is a long way from the worst thing about inheritance taxes or about common tax systems today.", "timestamp": 1569340953}, {"author": "jkaufman", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/x2KwxjzJBbqwvq5Sz#7aBqovWDkbQd5wNW9", "anchor": "lw-7aBqovWDkbQd5wNW9", "service": "lw", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;Sure!  My objection is maybe more aesthetic?  This tax design violates one of the core rules of taxation, which is that starting with more money should not put you in a worse position.  So, no, it's not a high priority, but it's also worth drawing attention to as an example of how not to do things.\n", "timestamp": 1569342942}]}