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Re:Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Populatio... by imtringued on Sunday April 21, 2019 @06:23AM (#19711447)
It doesn't sound like the inheritance is the problem but the concentrstion of power. A simple and fair solution would be to not allow a single person to inherit more than 50% of the wealth of their parent! Therefore every generation splits the wealth among two or more people which leads to a reduction in wealth concentration.
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Re:Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Populatio... by sumedh on Sunday April 21, 2019 @08:56AM (#19711871)
> A simple and fair solution would be to not allow a single person to inherit more than 50% of the wealth of their parent!

Pass that law and nothing would change, the money would go to some offshore bank account which is owned by a secret trust controlled by the kid.

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