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> Person C who has more wealth than average because his/her parents or ancestors created the wealth? Do you think it's wrong for parents to give things to thei
by grondilu 11y ago
> Person C who has more wealth than average because his/her parents or ancestors created the wealth?
Do you think it's wrong for parents to give things to their children? Do you think it should not be allowed to let them ensure that their children will never have to worry about money?
I personally don't.
- jheriko 11y agoi'd even go as far as to say that it is a goal for a great many people in life, and the standard position is that inheritance is a good thing, and that taxing it stinks... ...except perhaps if its very rich people you can not equate with, so you don't see the harm of taking 1-99% of their unfathomable riches and leaving them still having a fortune beyond your dreams.
- grondilu 11y ago> if its very rich people you can not equate with, oh, so you mean stealing is OK as long as it's from people you're jealous of? The problem I have with that is that it's a foot in the door[1]. You begin with taking from ultra-rich people, expecting me to be ok with that. And then you take from slightly less rich people, and then even less rich and so on until you claim it's ok to take from anyone who's less poor than you. So no, I don't want to let envious poor people rob rich people, no matter how rich they are. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-in-the-door_technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-in-the-door_technique
- jheriko 11y agoi don't agree with that line of thinking... i'm just saying that this is what i perceive in others.