If you HAVE to punish the dead man for dying, then it amounts to the same thing as the income tax...make it a flat percentage.
If someone leaves a stamp collection, or a tin can to his son after a life of poverty, does that get taxed as well?
It all comes down to the same thing doesn't it? "You did well in life? Well we deserve a larger percentage of your money for some reason! Oh you died? sorry. We're going to take some more of it."
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