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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Just another slate article. Nothing to see here. Keep movin'.

Mr roT said...: Similar story:

Okay, I'll cut to the chase. By filing for probate in New York rather than the United Kingdom, Linda McCartney avoided the 40 per cent death duties levied by Her Majesty's Government. That way, her family gets all 100 per cent - and 100 per cent of Linda McCartney's estate isn't to be sneezed at.

For purposes of comparison, Bob Geldof's original Live Aid concert in 1985 raised £50 million. Lady McCartney's estate was estimated at around £150 million. In other words, had she paid her 40 per cent death duties, the British Treasury would have raised more money than Sir Bob did with Bananarama and all the gang at Wembley Stadium that day.

There's more in that article. This is Steyn.; 11/01/2006 6:41 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: This also reminds me of the popular Left-Pepeist argument, "America isn't always right. We should really assert that we're wrong sometimes."

Of course, that doesn't mean the Left-Pepeists don't think they are always right. In using the Royal We — or America — they really mean the party that they are not should consider that they aren't always right, but that Left-Pepeists are right in telling them that they aren't always right.

...then you move to the Netherlands to avoid paying the comparatively higher taxes that are inherent to Socialist nations. At least that's what I'd do.; 11/02/2006 1:39 PM

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