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So tax inheritance?

• hkt 5y ago
  In the UK pro-inheritance folks like to call it a "death tax" and argue it'll rob people of the ability to pass things along to their children. The debate is caustic and unpleasant to say the least.
  • pydry 5y ago
    They castigated land value tax as "the garden tax" too.
    • midasuni 5y ago
      Rich people don’t like paying for society that keeps them rich. News at 11
  • FabHK 5y ago
    I believe opponents call it "death tax" in the US as well. The progressive linguist George Lakoff has analysed this framing issue in depth. https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-framed-george-lakoff/ https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-framed-george-lakoff/