WHED DO YOU WANT TO PAY YOUR TAXES

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Decedents could leave up to 10% of their remaining estate to qualifying charities.  Limit the value of the estate left by any decedent to a dependent to one million dollars.  Spouses could receive half the estate plus one million dollars.  Guidelines for automatic disbursements to the qualifying people could be allowed for in the case of those who died intestate. </div> <bR> <div> 2.    All other money, real and personal property left in decedents estates would revert to the government. </div> <bR> <div> 3.  Limit the scope and nature of trusts so they could not be used to subvert the tax laws.</div> <bR> <div> 4.  Provide a constitutional amendment prohibiting any governmental body from owning real property.  The governments would have to dispose of real property by public auction, the government would be obligated to finance this property for thirty years at 3% simple interest.  They could record restrictions on the property guarantying that it could be used for only certain purposes. This would protect our military bases, national parks, forests and other public lands.  The one exception to this rule would be public roads.  The governments would have to lease all other real property that they require from the owners.  A board of equity could be established to insure fairness of rents paid for land that could be used for no other than military purposes.  </div> <bR> <div> 4.  Amend the Constitution of the United States to permanently abolish all other forms of taxation.  </div> <bR> <div> 5.  The government would be required to disburse all surplus money collected to the citizens.</div> <bR> <div> A person may feel that it is unfair that he can not leave his vast fortune to his heirs as he chooses but consider that a young person with no tax obligations has the opportunity to make and keep his own fortune.  We would all be a lot happier people if there were no sales, property, income or any other taxes to worry about.  I know I would.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>