@ Motive… fine, what of those who inherited it? What of it? They then benefit from the hard work of their parent or whomever as per that person’s request, and, hopefully, would continue on with such achievement. Everyone having the same starting point is 100% unrealistic and ignorant. But that’s what you are arguing for.
And if they squander it then they get to live in the misery of their failure by their own doing while the gov’t rightfully gained taxes on the squandered wealth via sales taxes and the like. Fair vs. theft.
In fact, there are very wealthy people who have donated the largest portion if not totality of their wealth to charities at their death. Should those charities then suffer too?
But let me equally invert your ideal. If we should not be allowed access to our family’s hard work, then equally, we should not be subject to their debts.
The problem is the concepts of inheritance go back thousands of years and far more wise individuals over the ages have toiled and spoken on this issue.
My question to you is what is your basis moral argument for why the gov’t should take another’s hard earned wealth instead of it being granted to those whom the achiever desires?
And finally. If a man, no association to the family or provided for in the will, came and just took the money that was to be given to someone else… what would you call that? A criminal act of theft I would hope? And that is what the gov’t does.
@ Motive… fine, what of those who inherited it? What of it? They then benefit from the hard work of their parent or whomever as per that person’s request, and, hopefully, would continue on with such achievement. Everyone having the same starting point is 100% unrealistic and ignorant. But that’s what you are arguing for.
And if they squander it then they get to live in the misery of their failure by their own doing while the gov’t rightfully gained taxes on the squandered wealth via sales taxes and the like. Fair vs. theft.
In fact, there are very wealthy people who have donated the largest portion if not totality of their wealth to charities at their death. Should those charities then suffer too?
But let me equally invert your ideal. If we should not be allowed access to our family’s hard work, then equally, we should not be subject to their debts.
The problem is the concepts of inheritance go back thousands of years and far more wise individuals over the ages have toiled and spoken on this issue.
My question to you is what is your basis moral argument for why the gov’t should take another’s hard earned wealth instead of it being granted to those whom the achiever desires?
And finally. If a man, no association to the family or provided for in the will, came and just took the money that was to be given to someone else… what would you call that? A criminal act of theft I would hope? And that is what the gov’t does.