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Re:Ten billionaires reap $400B boost to wealth during pandemic by mlindner on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:40PM (#25585821)
But the "ten billionaires" of this article isn't about inter-generational wealth transfers... An inheritance tax is quite a different thing than a wealth tax.
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Re:Ten billionaires reap $400B boost to wealth during pandemic by BugsJustFindMe on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:46PM (#25585894)
> But the "ten billionaires" of this article isn't about inter-generational wealth transfers

In the long run it absolutely is. People wouldn't care about this if all the wealth went back to the poor after each billionaire dies.

> An inheritance tax is quite a different thing than a wealth tax.

What do you think is being inherited?

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