>>>You have nailed the crux of the issue.
>>>Somebody else gets to decide how much is too much.
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>>>You would probably disagree.
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>>No, I wouldn't.
>
>Ok.
>I was suggesting rounding up the wretchedly poor of the world and letting them vote on how big an estate is "too much" for you to leave to your kids.
>They get to split up whatever is taken away from your family.
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>So, you are ok with it if they decide to confiscate the estate and leave your kids with less than $100 each?
>You know, in the name of fairness.
>
>I would wager you have a family trust, right?
>It is the prudent thing to do.

Such a trust would be exempt of US income taxes ? If this were true, it would be the next target for the confiscatores...