[BradyLS]

Barney! A citizen’s earned wealth is not for the state to confiscate upon their death! The government should be doing everything to protect a citizen’s right and to honor their last wills, not thwarting them and robbing a family of the fruits of their labor!

[aruanan]

Barney Frank: Death Tax Not Punishment; Heirs Didn’t Do Anything to Deserve Inheritance

Barney, you don't have to "do" anything to be the beneficiary of a gift. Many people are the recipients of gifts that they don't deserve at all as shown by their subsequent abuse of that gift, such as you and the gift of life.