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but I don't get the "I'm not paying the loans back with real money while I live" part.
#47 | Posted by Danforth
That's not the secret sauce.
The secret sauce is: loan income is tax free income.
The borrowing against the assets is cheaper than selling the assets, because sale is a taxable event. And it's taxed at a lower rate than income for anyone with enough assets to play the game.
Buy, Borrow, Die: How the Rich Avoid Taxes
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Read if you want another perspective...
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#111 | Posted by BillJohnson
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"The so-called "adhan" is just one sign of how Islam is transforming pockets of the nation. As more Muslims participate in the country's political life, running for office, influencing, and in some cases, even controlling local governments, they are putting their own stamps on their communities: renaming city streets after Arab homelands and mandating Islamic holidays and halal-only lunches in public schools, while even changing noise ordinances to the consternation of many non-Muslim neighbors."
This is like when the Zionists took over Palestine, minus the violence, and you are fine with that.
So what's the problem?