Spending inherited money is not the same as squandering it, and of course this does not occur in every case. More to the point, however, the objection to the es

Spending inherited money is not the same as squandering it, and of course this does not occur in every case. More to the point, however, the objection to the estate tax does not depend on how the inheritance is used. The owners of the estate desired to give it to their inheritors, not the government. As the owners, and thus the ones who either earned the property or received it as a gift from others, the final disposition of their property is properly their decision to make.