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- From: "david meadows" <david.meadows@canrem.com>
- Subject: turning it back aroound
- Message-ID: <199326.4673.12840@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "david meadows" <david.meadows@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:31:32 EST
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- Sorry, I seem to have missed a message ...
-
- DX>gadson@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
- >] In article <1993Jan22.4673.12392@dosgate>, "david meadows" <david.meadows@canrem.com> writes...
- >] |
- >] | It is logical to assume that the child does have a right to
- >] |some of his or her dad's estate. If so, that child must have a legal
- >] |personality in the womb, no?
- >]
- >] No. The child/foetus need not necessarily have any legal
- >] rights while in the womb. Rights might be granted only after birth
- >] as a result of the paternal link.... which does not imply personhood
- >] while in the womb.
-
- What the heck does `rights might be granted only after birth as a
- result of the paternal link' mean? Does this mean that such rights
- might not be granted? What the heck is a paternal link? Do only
- fathers confer rights on their children? If a child in utero can be
- held capable of inheriting, he or she must have legal personality.
-
- To continue ...
-
- DX>Why was it that the IRS ruled that a couple, that
- >tried to claim their as yet unborn child as a
- >born child for tax purposes, had brought
- >a frivilous suit?
-
- Simple: for tax purposes, a child as yet unborn at the end of the tax
- year is not eligible for a tax deduction. I don't know how the tax
- system works in the U.S., but up here in Canada, you can also take a
- deduction for dependent children until they are eighteen years of
- age. Of course, not many children are born exactly on December 31 of
- any given year so if someone turns eighteen, say, on October 31, the
- amount of the deduction is adjusted accordingly. It does not mean that
- they cease to exist ... they just cease to exist for the purposes of
- taxation.
-
- Take it a step further ... if the IRS allowed such a deduction, it
- would also have to allow businesses to deduct expenses for something
- which they intended to do next year.
-
- DX>Is this suggesting that the IRS is a ProChoice Organization?
-
- Hardly (actually, I suspect you have little choice when it comes to
- the IRS)
-
- DX>Does this Suggest that the IRS was in Direct Opposition
- >to the Reagan/Bush ProLife Position????
-
- Probably not; a case could be made that it was in support of it
- though: if the IRS allowed such deductions, then people would be able
- to use their aborted foetus as a tax deduction (they were pregnant,
- after all).
-
- DX>That Reagan and Bush were Never able to get the
- >full agenda across? That they new that allowing
- >tax exemptions on UnBorn Persons Might be construed
- >as a drain on the Federal Budget?????
-
- Rather, I suspect they *knew* that allowing tax exemptions on unborn
- persons might be construed as a drain on common sense
-
-
- David Meadows
-
- Oh, the wonder of it all ...
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