9.9bn Quid, 0% tax. Tell me PH, How is this fair?
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BigMon said:
Anyone who has doubts as to just how right wing the PH forums are should browse this thread.
Laughable really.
And scary in some respects. Hosenburgler is doing a decent job of discrediting that perspective though.Laughable really.
As the OP I wish to clarify my question though, it's not about whether IHT is fair, its about why are the super rich allowed to completely avoid it.
Given that the current rate charged is 40% of the value of estates over £325,000, It's not a tax that most people will have to pay and that should apply to most who populate this forum.
As the OP I must admit to not considering some aspects of my posts. One of my friends posted a link to an open letter in the wake of The DW's death as follows;
Dear Daily Fail....
You REALLY never fail to deliver...i have to say, I was intrigued to see how you would cover the tremendously sad news of the passing of His Grace, the Duke of Westminster - someone who has openly discussed his battle with Mental Illness; we all know how understanding you are on that subject - but even I couldn't have foreseen the sensitivity you would convey.
In your defence, this quiet and sensitive man championed so many without a voice, you wouldn't know where to start. You could have mentioned his tireless work for the homeless and substance misuse charities. Or, sending his children to state school. When Thatcher, in his words "steamrolled" the poll tax through, feeling it to be grossly unfair, paid it for the first few years for his staff and Tenants, while they got used to budgeting it in. Or, maybe you could have discussed the pain he felt for his farmers as he stood at their shoulder in the fields watching their herds destroyed due to Foot and Mouth. In fact, he became very poorly, as he took on everyone's pain...and those who sadly felt there was nothing for it but to take their own lives - of which there were many. It would be hard to know where to start in this lovely, sometimes lonely mans life.
But you decided to go with "Son Hugh, 25, inherits 9bn" oh and "son Hugh, 25, had a 5m pound 21st birthday party, where Michael McIntyre and Rizzle kicks appeared". The night his Father suddenly dies at 64, the daily fail write - with all the poisonous inference of a self righteous Grandmother - about the frivolous spending of "Prince George's youngest God Parent" and even managed to mention Princess Diana in the article...if only they could have found a way to weave in Maddie McCann and Immigrants.
Daily Mail - you really are the biggest bunch of self serving, self righteous, bunch of toxic Pricks.
He was lovely. My Grandadad was Umpire to his cricket team in Aldford, Chester. I trace my love for game right to that. And being snook in as a little girl to watch His Grace's team take on The Lord Taverners....when my Grandad lay gravely ill in hospital, he sent a hand written card. As a little girl at that cricket match, I remember going more than a little red and a bit silly...as he had the warmest smile and THE most piercing blue eyes. Whatever you might think of Landed Gentry, he was a good man with a good heart. He was never meant to be Duke, but when his Uncle didn't have children, the title went to him. All Gerald Grosvenor had wanted from life, was to be a Beef farmer in Ireland. It was a title he had never sought and...something i imagine his Son is feeling...not at such a high cost.
Rest In Peace splendid chap.
Dear Daily Fail....
You REALLY never fail to deliver...i have to say, I was intrigued to see how you would cover the tremendously sad news of the passing of His Grace, the Duke of Westminster - someone who has openly discussed his battle with Mental Illness; we all know how understanding you are on that subject - but even I couldn't have foreseen the sensitivity you would convey.
In your defence, this quiet and sensitive man championed so many without a voice, you wouldn't know where to start. You could have mentioned his tireless work for the homeless and substance misuse charities. Or, sending his children to state school. When Thatcher, in his words "steamrolled" the poll tax through, feeling it to be grossly unfair, paid it for the first few years for his staff and Tenants, while they got used to budgeting it in. Or, maybe you could have discussed the pain he felt for his farmers as he stood at their shoulder in the fields watching their herds destroyed due to Foot and Mouth. In fact, he became very poorly, as he took on everyone's pain...and those who sadly felt there was nothing for it but to take their own lives - of which there were many. It would be hard to know where to start in this lovely, sometimes lonely mans life.
But you decided to go with "Son Hugh, 25, inherits 9bn" oh and "son Hugh, 25, had a 5m pound 21st birthday party, where Michael McIntyre and Rizzle kicks appeared". The night his Father suddenly dies at 64, the daily fail write - with all the poisonous inference of a self righteous Grandmother - about the frivolous spending of "Prince George's youngest God Parent" and even managed to mention Princess Diana in the article...if only they could have found a way to weave in Maddie McCann and Immigrants.
Daily Mail - you really are the biggest bunch of self serving, self righteous, bunch of toxic Pricks.
He was lovely. My Grandadad was Umpire to his cricket team in Aldford, Chester. I trace my love for game right to that. And being snook in as a little girl to watch His Grace's team take on The Lord Taverners....when my Grandad lay gravely ill in hospital, he sent a hand written card. As a little girl at that cricket match, I remember going more than a little red and a bit silly...as he had the warmest smile and THE most piercing blue eyes. Whatever you might think of Landed Gentry, he was a good man with a good heart. He was never meant to be Duke, but when his Uncle didn't have children, the title went to him. All Gerald Grosvenor had wanted from life, was to be a Beef farmer in Ireland. It was a title he had never sought and...something i imagine his Son is feeling...not at such a high cost.
Rest In Peace splendid chap.
Edited by Zombie on Thursday 22 December 23:18
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