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		tedunangst on Oct 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Sweeney: Tax bill would likely end founder con... "Billionaire tax" plays better than "death tax" so we get tax policies that fit into 30 second commercials, not those that make economic sense.

abeyer on Oct 27, 2021 [–]

So why not a "dead billionaire tax"? The heirs to fortunes seem likely to get even less sympathy than the ones who actually built them.

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