Woman leaves entire $1.1 million estate to pay down national debt
Well, at least for her it was voluntary.

January 23, 2006 3:39 PM by James W. Fogal (Archive)
Well, at least for her it was voluntary.
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Comments (8)
Yancey Ward
She at least has the courage of her convictions. When I debate the statists who cry about how low taxes are, I always ask them if they donate to the US Treasury the excess of their income after paying for their current expenses. They either ignore me, or accuse me of trying to be a free rider, but it appears that none have ever actually donated.
Published: January 23, 2006 4:49 PM
Phil
Too bad that the Fed will make a mockery of this selfless initiative by simply printing all the fiat dollars they want. Sad. Sad.
Published: January 23, 2006 4:53 PM
Mark D. Fulwiler
It's true that any whining liberal can give the government some extra money by simply tearing up their tax refund check. But nobody ever does it. There's always some wealthier person who should be taxed more.
Published: January 23, 2006 7:21 PM
William
I see a big future in this. Give us money so we don't have to steal it from someone else!!!
But why stop stealing it when you you can have both idiots and victims giving you money?
Anyway the government will just figure that this mil is debt service so they can issue another 1.1mil/0.5 or 22 mil of bonds.
Published: January 23, 2006 8:24 PM
A.B. Dada
In other news...
"Extra US$1.1 million dollar donation to IRS requires an additional 140 agents to process, creating US$4.5 million dollar budget shortfall."
News at 11.
Published: January 23, 2006 9:00 PM
Lisa Casanova
And this will pay off what, about 0.00000001% of the national debt?
Published: January 23, 2006 10:33 PM
Larry N. Martin
What a waste of money...
Published: January 24, 2006 9:57 AM
Laurence Vance
How much better if the money was given to the Mises Institute to train students and publish books.
Published: January 26, 2006 2:21 PM