I have made it clear on this Blog before that I think taxation on death is iniquitous - "Ah. Somebody in your family has died? Great. Give us a large chunk of the cash that your family has legally acquired and already paid taxes on!"In so many ways this typifies socialist attitudes:
It demonstrates a belief that you, their target, are some sort of milch cow.
It indicates that they have a belief that 'your money is actually their money'.
It pivots on a slight variant of the nineteenth century philosophy of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in his 1840 book that 'property is theft'.
The arrogant subtext is "We can spend your money better than you can."
It hinges on the 'politics of envy'.
It is based on the resentment of the average socialist that anybody might possess more money than they do.
*** It needs to be made very clear at this point that death duties will not affect any sums that I might inherit in the future. So I have no personal axe to grind in this matter.
