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>>It was earned by you and the tax was paid when the money was earned. Why should you be taxed again when you die?
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>Well, taxing me when I'm dying won't hurt me, will it?
>(Sorry, couldn't resist that)
>Money in circulation is taxed every time it changes hands.
>I pay tax on my income, and then pay sales tax again when I buy something with it.
>The merchant who sold it to me pays income tax on that money and the cycle starts all over... ad infinitum.
>In that scenario, in addition to exchanging the money and supporting the community at large by paying their taxes, the participants - or at least one hopes so - used their talents to add something of value to the community at large.
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>People receiving inherited wealth have contributed nothing, just as people receiving welfare have added no value.

What definitions are you using for 'nothing' and 'no value' in the last sentence ?