Originally Posted by CoolMikey

I have no idea where the controversy is. You work hard your whole life so you can leave what you earned to your kids. Not leave half to your kids, the other half to the government.

How would you feel if this tax applied to everyone including you? That half of what your parents left you would be taxed, and then half of what you leave to your kids would be stolen by the government too. Would you be just as excited about this tax?

Of course your response will be "but they are rich, so [some bullshit reason]", which really translates to "the tax doesn't apply to me, so fuck them".