You sound like someone without children or friends. It is a natural human right to be able to give what you have earned to anyone you like whether family or friends or charity. I’m surprised that a troll like you are on Free Republic.
The government is not making him sell. He could continue owning in the Hamptons without penalty. It sounds like he was going to sell anyway and did proper tax planning. He is no different than you or I, we ALL in the same boat.
I don’t feel the same for a muti-millionaire with property in the Hamptons crying about selling as I feel for the family having to sell the farm to pay estate taxes.