re: IRS collected a gargantuan $7 billion estate tax from a single source, nobody knows who

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People who inherit wealth have not shown anything other than the ability to be offspring. What is it that they are doing that should be incentivized?

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I would imagine people that inherit money from productive parents continue to be productive and contribute to that income tax revenue you think is more fair.

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You can imagine that. It might be true in some cases.

But we know that people who are paying income taxes are certainly being productive.

If I have $7 billion to give away, I'd rather it go to the person who has PROVEN they are productive rather than the person I'd IMAGINE might be productive. I'd rather give it to the Entrepreneur A (reduce income tax) than Entrepreneur B's kids (reduce estate tax).