From: John Beckett 

Gary Britt  wrote in message
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> There is no justification at all, morally or economically, for any amount of
> death taxation.

What about the argument that once a family has accummulated (say) $100M,
they get an advantage that can't be matched. A large amount of cash pays
for managers who ensure that the pile increases with no commensurate effort
or community benefit.

When you have $100M, you can pay people to engineer elaborate schemes so
you have an "opt-in" tax system - those controlling the pool can
pay whatever they want (or more likely, don't want).

A death tax is a brick wall which says, "Let's see, you started with
$100M, and now 30 years later you're dead, and you have $1B. Some
percentage of that needs to be redistributed."

John

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