One advantage of taxing inheritance as income by the recipient is that it is inherently redistribute. Either it is paid as tax by the wealthy, or passed to those on lower incomes, like grandkids etc. (View Post)

Send OGH my regards and best wishes. (View Post)

I wouldn't be so defeatist about old age. I have just spent the day taking my mum for a hospital appointment. She is 88, while my dad is 90. She struggles to walk more than 100 yards due to arth… (View Post)

It's a bit obsolete as defining old age. I think few require institutional care before age 75, but the problem remains with the population of over 75s doubling from 2020 to 2040 to 6 million. I … (View Post)

It is quite normal in NZ too. A relative there literally moved house 10 miles down the road to a new plot. (View Post)