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[–] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The system really is rigged by the rich to keep them getting richer. That's wild, thank you!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yup, that's what's called a loophole. If we just set inheritance taxes to the same as capital gains rates, the loophole would effectively be closed.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Well yeah. Of course the people making the laws are going to write them in their favor.