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tl;dr the same logic that people use to justify taking more of an inheritance also is applicable against anyone having that much wealth in the first place

Because it is their parent's wealth to do with as they please? Why does death suddenly mean all or some of what you have worked for now belongs to the state? Why do the rules change when it comes to children of an estate compared to a spouse? That spouse could be there as little as a few months by the way law works.

It has been taxed as it was earned and accumulated. When it gets spent it will be taxed as well. If it is the transfer of investments they will be taxed when the recipient uses them.

It is private property and we need to stop with the jealously angle being the primary motive of voiding that right. Oh I know, some will fire back with fairness well if it is not fair for the child of a person to receive their wealth in death how was it ever fair for the person to have it in the first place?

Got to love that article, lamenting that the funds about twenty three million are ONLY taxed at forty percent. Seriously why are they taxed at all.



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