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>Or should it just be seized by the government when they die? Yes, pretty much.

• fakedang 5y ago
  We had a country that pretty much effectively ran on that principle. The Soviet Union.
  • pstuart 5y ago
    Wait, don't you mean the United States? Between 1941 and 1976 the estate tax was 77%. That period of history for many would be considered "the good old days."
  • overgard 5y ago
    Not really, there's a difference between limiting inheritance (which is mostly unearned) vs limiting profiting on your own ingenuity.
  • Analemma_ 5y ago
    That is not even remotely the principle the Soviet Union ran on. Stop using the USSR to mean “thing I don’t like”.