A barrier in English is a wall or obstacle to keep unwanted people out. Wealth provides a higher level of safety and security, a much thicker barrier.
So, in my other reply I say that to take the wealth away puts the family of the deceased in danger because they lose that barrier and must...
I read that BBC article you provided. Graduates vote remain and up the scale they go with the higher they are educated. Remain (with the EU) means anti-Brexit and Leave (the EU) is pro-Brexit, correct? If so, then I would say that if education levels and wealth levels are directly linked (which...
I agree with this statement. No reasons needed, I think this subject of inheritance goes without saying and that those who oppose birthright inheritance are rare. Yet, so passionate...
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I largely agree with all the replies Rousseau made on this thread.
To put this in perspective, imagine a shrewed man in the IRS with a vendetta against wealthy people because he's a comcom Marxyist. He launches a full-scale attack on a recently deceased wealthy man's estate. This IRS man doesn't get a cut of the estate, so really he's like the little kid that...
An ethical argument against that would be a wealthy and famous families' businesses and property being taken and the children would now be quite vulnerable to very unsavory and dangerous type lowlifes. Wealth is a barrier as much as it is steep priveledges.
If all governments do what you suggest then people like the Koch brothers, Donald Trump and Paris Hilton would be 1% as powerful and wealthy as they are today. Everyone would be poor. To give you a visual idea of what you suggest that would be like tearing down any building over 30 meters tall...
That's a good point. I would take that further and say that this sort of life path would lead to other short sighted choices beyond what you've done with your money.
Inheritance is humanly natural. The way I would make it is that when someone passes away, before their will is obeyed, there must be seen what debt they have and then that debt should be deducted off their assets. Then, if there is a will, it should be obeyed. No will, leave it to the children...
I thought it was a no-brainer, but
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Wealth and education are fundamentally linked in the UK. Education is intelligence's best friend.
About them commie bastards...
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That is great, bastards hate smart people, prefer a circus.
I like capitalism, freedom and...
The United Kingdom is what, 900 years old officially? The EU coalition is 17 years old? I wouldn't say it is a massive change so much as it is a return to the usual way of things. Like a break off the norm, then return right into it.
That difference is directly the result of wealthy people...
Science is many things, physical and non-physical. Logic and critical thought is a part of science but science isn't about logical process, science is about understanding in a general sense.
I pass my time with coffee at cafes regularly. I don't drink much tea now, but years and years ago my grandfather made sun tea in the summer and I would drink that when I visited my grandparents.
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