Letter
Smokers and surgery
The best time to die (to help fellow taxpayers)
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BMJ
2007;334:110.1
- Robert A Da Prato, physician
- 1Portland, OR 97229, USA dapratorobert@msn.com
Not too long ago an accountant told me that, from a financial perspective only, a patriotic citizen should die the moment he or she changes from a net taxpayer (a net tax asset of the state) to a net tax consumer (a net tax liability of the state).1 For many people this means one should drop dead on the way home from one's retirement party. A brother and sister …
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