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So the government should get it (in the form of taxes)?

• roc 17y ago
  Sure. Until we have a better organization, whose primary concern is the overall health of society, to distribute it. Government is certainly a flawed organization. But we currently trust them with all our other tax dollars. I don't see any reason to hold estate tax dollars to a different standard than any other government revenue.
  • riffer 17y ago
    But the argument being made here is that spoiled kids are not deserving, so the estate tax is a just tax. The point is: government is not deserving either, so the spoiled kids angle is bogus. Pointing out that the government collects other taxes is simply not relevant to this aspect of the conversation.
    • roc 17y ago
      Except that deserving isn't a binary attribute. So pointing out the government is undeserving isn't sufficient. My point is that we as a society have entrusted government specifically with the job of redistributing wealth to better society and that makes them the better of bad choices.
• Locke1689 17y ago
  The government isn't taxing the estate itself, it's taxing the transfer. See gift tax as well.