Agit8r
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The whole point of America is that merit should always take precedence over heredity. A high inheritance tax would help accomplish that.
"Admitting that any annual sum, say, for instance, one thousand pounds, is necessary or sufficient for the support of a family, consequently the second thousand is of the nature of a luxury, the third still more so, and by proceeding on, we shall at last arrive at a sum that may not improperly be called a prohibitable luxury. It would be impolitic to set bounds to property acquired by industry, and therefore it is right to place the prohibition beyond the probable acquisition to which industry can extend; but there ought to be a limit to property or the accumulation of it by bequest."
-- Thomas Paine, 'Rights of Man, Part the Second' 1792
Wrong.....you earn it you keep it and can give it to your family....why the fuck should we give it to politicians who are corrupt and greedy instead of our on family...so they can use it to enrich their families....
Are you stupid?
Just look at Trump. He has absolutely no merit whatsoever, but society has pampered him just because his grandmother was good at managing money. It's absurd. It's un-American. So is any person that believes that meritless psychopaths should be allowed to inherit great fortunes.
Trump built a business..moron......he made his money by employing people...the politicians by taking our money and giving it to their friendS for power and influence.....
And you want to give these politicians more money.......,,
You are stupid.
No he didn't. He tried his hand at actual business a few time, and went bankrupt every time. The only money he's "made" has been through pettifoggery and stealing land from less wealthy people.
He has been a net drain on society. Period.