>>>>>>>Essentially, I'd like to see a meritocracy where people who have talent can find a way to recognize it and if they are willing to work can develop it can flourish.
>>>>>>>I recognize that not everyone can flourish in that scenario, but -with a few exceptions- the devil take the hindmost- that's the way evolution works.
>>>>>You should earn all you can, but there are limits to what you can do with money.
>>>>>You can't buy my Camry unless I decide to sell it to you.
>>>>>You have to surrender some of your money in taxes to keep the Social Contract moving.
>>>>>As I said, I'd like to see limits on passing money to progeny, but that's wishful thinking on my part.
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>>>>All the things you listed, the nukes, the Camry, the limits on passing money, that all exists now.
>>>>What is the problem?
>>>The limits on passing money aren't working. They have to be stronger.
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>>People do smart things with their own money.
>>People do stupid things with their own money.
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>>So, you would like laws to prevent people from doing stupid things with their own money?
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>I'd like to be sure that people with great wealth have done something to earn it.

Suppose Daddy Warbucks dies. The government deems Little Orphan Annie not worthy, so they confiscate $XXX million before passing what's left to her.

Do you think there should be some mechanism whereby Annie can earn back some or all of that $XXX million?