Legal theft..

We should all be tired of the age-old rhetoric of tax breaks for the rich. We need the rich. This in itself is a true statement. You have to have something before they can take it away. Beyond that it became typical class warfare rhetoric.

This “Death Tax” is possibly the most obscene tax we have in this country. It is a tax collected from you, after you have departed this world, on a lifetime of material properties bought and paid for with AFTER TAX DOLLARS. If there were ever an example of illegal taxation this would serve as a textbook example.

My question would be a simple one. This Death Tax is a tax on properties earned over a lifetime, with taxes paid yearly over that lifetime. So where is the legal justification for taxing it again, with sometimes devastating results? Could it possibly be because government needs the money? No? Then could it possibly be because they show little fiscal responsibility (yes..), want a large portion of the worth of your lifetime, and have the power to take it (yes..)? Or could it simply be that to work, taking fiscal risks, creating jobs, and being successful is somehow wrong, with the Death Tax being the punishment?

When was the last time a poor man created a job, built a factory, created spin-off industry, etc? Need I go on? Somehow we need to get beyond envy of the rich. They are entitled to what they end up with after a lifetime of taxes, just as the rest of us should be.

Governments need is to learn to live within their perspective budgets. What governments need are the respect garnered from doing the right thing, and let us keep what we have earned over our lifetime, rather than the dubious distinction of making us all harbor the disrespect for government (their fault..) that they have fostered concerning this type of policy.

If you feel that any of the various levels of government needs more of your money by all means give it to them. That is your legal right. The only right they have to mine lies in the power to make illegal thievery legal.