Post #15153 by albaby1 on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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Money has no value until its purchasing potential is unlocked by paying the taxes due on the unlocking.

Sweet! In that case, would you mind transferring to me - for free - all of your wealth in appreciate assets?

I mean, that's just crazy. If you bought $100 in shares of Apple at the IPO, it would be worth about $43K today. Are you telling me that in that scenario those shares have no value until you actually pay the taxes?

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