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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Once you're dead, you have no rights. No one -- especially not rich people -- likes the idea that you can't go on controlling things after your death, but that's the way it is.
The inheritance tax is about the rights of the children of rich people to collect their parents' wealth after their parents die.
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Your kids, or whomever you bequeath it to - not the government - have the equitable, legal* and moral right to your money.
I trust you're not suggesting a policy whereby once a person dies, his money, or any part of his money, reverts to the state's ownership. Thats a scary fucking concept right there.
* Well, I guess this is according to how the intestacy statutes in your state work.
