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Originally posted by Not Bob
You have a moral issue with the government imposing any kind of a tax on the guy who gets a bunch of money free because he won the genetic lottery, but you don't have a moral issue with the government imposing a tax on the income earned by a guy who spends 8 hours a day digging a ditch? That is seriously fucked up.
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The money the heir receives has already been taxed when it was income to the deceased.* It is a double taxation.
The money I get in wages has not been previously taxed.
Yeh, it sounds terribly unfair. So does abortion and at will employment to some people.
* Yes, I appreciate the fact the argument that because it is now going to the heir, it should therefore be taxed again.
