One of the reasons I work hard is so that my children have a good future ahead of them. Why should my family give that all back to the state when I die? The state didn't earn that money... I did.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by taway_1212 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @11:57AM
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> One of the reasons I work hard is so that my children have a good future ahead of them. Why should my family give that all back to the state when I die? The state didn't earn that money... I did.
One could argue that your kids did not earn that money either. As a reasonable middle ground, I think that we there could be a "good future for the children" exemption (at say $20m per child), while the rest is taxed at 100%. This prevents the natural process of concentration of all wealth in the hands of the few.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by user5994461 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:29AM
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It's really easy to fix.
The process is called war. Properties are not valuable when tenants and landlords keep dying and the properties themselves might get destroyed.
I recently heard "land-ownership tax/renting land from the state instead of owning it" and "100% tax on death/abolish inheritance", I think they're interesting but not without problems.