Originally Posted by
bajthejino
Yes, I too am consumed with jealousy that a family that worked, saved, invested and then had the audacity to hand down that wealth to the next generation isn't being punished enough for their success by the tax code-they need the entire weight of the State to come down upon them like the furious winds of an angry god.
The kids had no part in that working, saving, and investing. The kids did not purchase that property decades ago. Why are the kids so deserving of not paying the same taxes ON THEIR FREE HOME that their same-age next door neighbors do who just bought their first home?
Also, it's not like the state is confiscating that wealth. The home still exists, the kids still own the home, nothing has been lost
And if you're equating being fairly subjected to the tax code like everyone else is having "the entire weight of the State come down upon them like the furious winds of an angry god" then perhaps the problem is the tax code?