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As some one who is strongly for estate taxes, I propose we call them "aristocracy-prevention taxes." Accumulation of wealth solely based on inheritance is a shitty way to run a society.



What should the asset cutoff for estate taxes be then? I'm going to guess it's more than what you make.


I'm totally fine with it being much, much lower than the assets I'll have when I die. I plan to leave the vast majority of my assets to charity, and even if I didn't, I wouldn't WANT to leave a lot of money to my children. I've met a number of people who grew up with large trust funds, and in every case I think the kids were worse off for it.




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