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Fixing the problem is pretty simple, repeal the tax. Its unseemly to tax a person when they die. Just the adding of grief (which I have recently experienced)
by protomyth 10y ago
Fixing the problem is pretty simple, repeal the tax. Its unseemly to tax a person when they die. Just the adding of grief (which I have recently experienced) is something we should not do to people. Plus, the continuing of this tax makes it hard for new family businesses (and a lot of minority owned family businesses are new) to build up like the incumbents were allowed.
- pcwalton 10y agoYou've shifted your argument to one that is not particularly convincing to someone who doesn't already share a right wing economic view. The North Dakota farm issue was interesting, as something I wasn't aware of (and thank you for bringing it up!) I'm less interested in engaging with the general libertarian argument against taxation.
- crzwdjk 10y agoThere's no a priori reason that property rights should survive a person's death, and plenty of arguments against allowing hereditary accumulation of wealth. Note also that currently the first $5.5 million is exempt, which is more than enough for the vast majority of individuals and even quite a few small businesses.