and I'm saying it wouldn't, because despite my natural cynicism
I am aware that the majority of people aren't actually selfish arseholes.

I'm not arguing everyone should give away it all on death (who said that?) but that a proportion is reasonable. If you wish to argue that you should be able to hand over what you've earned - no tax - by all means, I can work for that. It means you just get to hand over what you paid for your house and what you paid for your share portfolio, not what it is worth now. Becuase you didn't earn the rest. You acquired it purely from a combination of luck and the financial improvement of the economy of country you live in. The government of which now wishes some recompense for that fact.

You of all people should understand the inherent fairness of that, it's pretty much ubercapitalism. Money to those that TRUELY earned it. Of all the taxes there are, it's probably the fairest, because it only targets the wealthy specifically over money they didn't even earn.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 11:47, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

The threshold should be increased a bit though
Originally this was a fat-cat type of tax and now it isn't
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 11:48, Reply)

It is now affecting fat cows too.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 11:51, Reply)

Not this one
My parents dont have that kind of cash
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 29 Aug 2012, 11:52, Reply)