NBA Today

a) Michael to LeBron
A little message from NBA yesterday to NBA Today...

QOTD

"In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys."
- Michael Jordan, on the prospect of NBA-teaming up with Bird and Magic, source

I sure like (and miss) Michael's killer instinct/attitude. Sigh.
I guess Kobe is the most like Michael these days, but still.

I'm not sure if LeBron, and his ilk, are why the NBA sucks so hard. I'm probably not being fair though. Nothing on the NBA horizon will rival the Michael/Bulls of the 1990's experience... the whole magilla: titles, best player ever, 70-win season, rock star status with Pippen, Rodman, etc.

Sigh.

b) Estate Tax
Some things are easy... like the estate tax.
Three rules:

1. Make the transfer of assets after death a taxable event, treated either as income or (better) a capital gain.
2. As now, spouses are exempt.
3. Sort of as now, the first N million $ are exempt.
   

There's no reason not to tax death like a capital gain. If I give you, or sell you something else, it's a taxable event.
Likewise, there's no reason to have a special high death tax rate to tax the bejesus out of heirs (like 55% or more) either.

These mopes are saying about the same thing: Death Tax is Income Tax
peace... yow, bill

PS - To the right... Michael and his gal pal, some hot Cuban 30. At least she's not 20-something, I'll give him that.

PPS - "gal pal"... he he.