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Re:The Landlord's Game by hkt on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:57AM (#26886228)
In the UK pro-inheritance folks like to call it a "death tax" and argue it'll rob people of the ability to pass things along to their children. The debate is caustic and unpleasant to say the least.
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Re:The Landlord's Game by FabHK on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @07:02AM (#26887891)
I believe opponents call it "death tax" in the US as well. The progressive linguist George Lakoff has analysed this framing issue in depth.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-framed-george-lakoff/

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Re:The Landlord's Game by pydry on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @03:07AM (#26886305)
They castigated land value tax as "the garden tax" too.
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Re:The Landlord's Game by midasuni on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:23AM (#26887173)
Rich people don’t like paying for society that keeps them rich. News at 11
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