Just at Index: Sagg thru roof, Gogum, Japanese Gardens, NLC, Godzilla, NA Direct p3, Domestic Violence, Earwax, STP, Clay, Bobcat Cringe.
Just at Leavenworth: Lazy Boy, Sometimes A Great Notion, ROTC, Solar Flare, Apron Jam and a new unnamed 5.10a
Actually OW let's not forget our friendly neighborhood Trust and Estate Planning attorney on average these guys make around $150k/annum. There are approximatley 20,000 of them in the US. That's 3 billion just in net attorney fees!
Plainly speaking the estate tax is simply the government confiscating a portion of the wealth of the deceased.
1) Economic literature overwhelmingly favors consumption taxation over wealth (ie capital) taxation.
2) Many here have suggested that it is very easy to avoid the so called “death tax.” Consider this study suggesting that virtually all estimates of estate taxes paid exclude these avoidance tactics and their negative consequences. The estate tax may result in less government revue than if it was abolished.
3) Given the above it seems that those hit by the estate tax are those who, for example, bought a house it the Bay Area and have lived there since the ‘50s. Worked in middle management their whole life and now have an unexpectedly large portfolio. Those advocating the estate tax are in essence screwing these little guys and letting the really rich escape.
4) Here is a recent study suggesting that the repeal of the estate tax might increase charitable giving: B of A
5) There is something unseemly about confiscating wealth. From my perspective if you think it is moral to confiscate wealth upon someone’s death you should have a problem living off the fat of the land and being unemployed/underemployed and not generating that wealth in the first place.
I am surprised so few were self-taught. The adventure of learning the basics with my friends was a great experience and I think for the most part a fairly safe way to go, however, looking back I would say that glacier travel/route finding training is best (ie most efficiently)not learned at the school of hard knocks.
Pretty much anyone can become an “exceptional” climber simply by applying themselves. I think it might be harder to become an exceptional instructor in a formal environment.
Dude get a clue .
I was groovin' to the demos way before the general public. Here I thought you were a true enthusiast but now I find you're just an MTV junky. Sittin' on your couch with a bag of cheetos.
Of course that is so F%$%^^ intense. How can he express so much emotion and develop some many characters? He's so young I can't even imagine what else he will create. The only problem is I can't stand to have anyone distracting me when I listen to it. Crank the IPOD!