It is iniquitous that any family should lose a portion of their money ON WHICH TAX HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID - because a family member has died.
This is morally wrong: theft by any other name. The amounts are 100% irrelevant - it is the principle which counts!
Need you be surprised that 'wealth tax' and 'inheritance tax' are both much favoured by leftists and socialists? - Socialism is based on taking forcibly from one to give to another.