[extropy-chat] Inheritance

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jul 28, 2005, at 8:43 PM, The Avantguardian wrote:

>
>
> --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Who decides what is rational?
>>
> If it IS truly rational it shouldn't matter, just like
> 2+2 should equal 4 no matter who does the math.
>
>
>> Who decides what to do
>> with the excess?
>>
>
> Well if people wrote their wills correctly, there
> would be no excess. I never mentioned taxes or the
> government. If you have 20 million dollars and only
> one kid, and you can't think of 19 other deserving
> people or organizations to give your money to, you
> might as well be a monkey.
>
>
>> You want that money wasted by GOVERNMENT on stupid,
>> wasteful, and
>> unproductive luxuries for bureacrats, instead of the
>> kids for whom
>> their parents slaved to earn their fortunes?
>>
>
> Once again, the government SHOULD have nothing to do
> with it, except to enforce the inheritance caps on any
> individual heirs. There will have to be a way of
> working trust funds into the equation as well, as they
> seem to be no more than tax-shelters to allow the
> effective inheriting of wealth without technically
> inheriting it. If there is excess, then that is the
> fine imposed by society for being a selfish greedy
> bastard. Hell if letting the government get a hold of
> the excess bothers you so much, then you are free to
> require that they bury the wealth with you or erect a
> monument to the libertarian party or something.
> Sheesh, use your mind come up with a bunch of creative
> ideas, just don't give it ALL to one kid.
>
>
>> If I
>> ever manage to pile
>> up massive wealth, once I figure out what to do with
>> most of it for
>> posterity, and assuming I don't achieve immortality
>> myself, I sure as
>> hell would rather that it be wasted by my
>> hypothetical kids and
>> grandkids than some bastard bureaucrats or friggin
>> Senator.
>>
>
> Why have it wasted at all when you can, with a little
> extra work, truly help shape the world that you leave
> behind for the betterment of all? Or are you just a
> slave of your selfish genes?
>
> The Avantguardian
> is
> Stuart LaForge
> alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu
>
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