Ding Dong, the witch is dead

[9th Engineer]

I'm stuck on the death tax issue because I hate seeing people get money they haven't earned personally (any and all people included), but I also don't like the idea of the government just conviscating any money you don't spend while alive. (Hey, I suppose this could be spun to increase spending. After they pass 70 all those old codgers with 10M sitting around will have to drop it on stuff as fast as possible )

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

I'm stuck on the death tax issue because I hate seeing people get money they haven't earned personally (any and all people included), but I also don't like the idea of the government just conviscating any money you don't spend while alive. (Hey, I suppose this could be spun to increase spending. After they pass 70 all those old codgers with 10M sitting around will have to drop it on stuff as fast as possible )

If someone's *parents* make money, the *recipient* didn't earn it personally.

Why are you hung up on the "people getting something they didn't earn" thing? Society takes care of those who can't take care of themselves. If you were disabled, you would get the same benefit. Don't get me wrong, there'll be abuse of welfare, just like big oil getting corporate welfare when they're making gobs of money. Do you begrudge a single mother of three getting food stamps because the guy down the block is capable of working, but chooses instead to live on the piitance that welfare gives him?