Originally posted by: jonks
Originally posted by: Martin
Did you know most non-megalomaniac people do things for reasons other than to try and build dynasties that last 1000 years?
You mean like work their way up from a low-class beginning and become successful enough to be secure in the knowledge that their children won't have to suffer financially? Yeah, I know a lot of people who have done that, and many more who would like to have the chance to do that. Divesting them of all of the assets they earned over a lifetime doesn't afford them such opportunity, forget about dynasties.
See, its a difference of definitions. Your definition of people ensuring their children will do alright is leaving them as much money as possible, whereas my definition is raising well-adjusted children that know how to deal with and succeed in the world.
So you see, using my definition, having a 100% death tax (or rather 99.something%: 100% minus a small exception for education and a few grand on top) wouldn't prevent people from ensuring their children do well.