Taxes take lives.

[Tupac Shakur]

The estate tax is a tax on the estate of a deceased person. 2010 represented a year in which, upon dying, no tax was levied against the estate. But with a new year brings new standards and a dramatic departure from 2010. It's been a roller-coaster ride, but some estates may end up getting a huge tax hike -- depending on what Congress does in its final days. One approach to combat the rise .... estate tax suicide.

http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2010/12/estate-tax-suicide-dying-just-to-avoid-taxes.html

While Eurozone finance ministers scramble to find a quick solution to the European debt crisis, the economic collapse has already taken a deadly toll in Greece, the vortex of the problem.

Suicide rates are skyrocketing in a country already beset by massive job cuts, austerity spending, slashed pensions, and soaring taxes.

http://m.ibtimes.com/greece-suicides-athens-unemployment-austerity-depression-crime-drugs-cuts-spending-eu-debt-232424.html

The suicide note also mentions, several times, Stack's having issues with taxes, debt, and the IRS and his having a long-running feud with the organization. While the IRS also has a larger regional office in Austin, the field office located in Echelon I performed tax audits, seizures, investigations and collections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Austin_suicide_attack

[Lorizael]

7000 vs. 1. That's a net positive for taxes.

[DaShi]

Estate tax hikes would relieve some of the burden on our medical system.

[Thorn]

doh i read this as Texas takes lives, i was about to say, is this really something new?

[Boris Godunov]

So higher estate taxes = more deaths = more estate taxes. Win.

[Aeson]

Once you actually start taxing estates more they'll stop wanting to die. Instead they'll want to live forever to avoid being taxed at such high rates.

[Tupac Shakur]

So higher estate taxes = more deaths = more estate taxes. Win.

No. People were killing themselves during the 2010 estate tax holiday to avoid paying any estate tax.

[MRT144]

No. People were killing themselves during the 2010 estate tax holiday to avoid paying any estate tax.

Lack of taxes takes more lives apparently.