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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 ca
by hkt 6y 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 6y agoThey castigated land value tax as "the garden tax" too.
- midasuni 6y agoRich people don’t like paying for society that keeps them rich. News at 11
- FabHK 6y agoI 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/