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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Any time the deceased owes money to anyone, for any reason, there is a 3rd party involved. Do you want to wager a guess at what percentage of estates have some type of outstanding debt upon death?
While I agree with several planks in the Libertarian platform (especially defense/foreign policy), most Libertarian candidates are peddling simple solutions to problems that are very complex. Libertarians claim they are interested in protecting life and property, but property law can be very complicated, and in many cases, there are reasons why it is so.
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The debt-paying of the deceased still does not require government intercession, unless the next of kin refuse to pay. You're confusing lack of government regulations and interference with lack of law. As to next-of-kin, if government stayed out of marriages, you would have to have a will/legal document declaring your spouse as next-of-kin, otherwise it would default to your closest blood relation (most likely). So, the next-of-kin would pay the debts, and would be sued if they refused, but that goes back to the "dispute over who gets what" that I mentioned above.
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