Because the money is at risk and you should be rewarded for taking the risk. If it was up to me, capital gains would be taxed at 0% for all capital gains instead of the first $80K or so. Try to stay on point, I know it is difficult for you.

We all realize that TODAY in the US our most productive workforce........the aged 25 to 45 has been DECIMATED AND ARE LITERALLY DEAD because of the Fentanyl scourge and curse! many of these DEAD are white-collar CAPTAINS of industry. No wonder the unemployment figure is low. Someone needed to move upward to fill those positions vacated by the DEAD Fentanyl users. These people will NEVER get a chance to retire!
........And to retire to a place like The Village when they could, hopefully, afford a nice house and active life.
........Part of the reason for these Fentanyl deaths is the pressure on college graduates to succeed in the economy. Some try to medicate (with a deadly drug) the pressure away. That pressure is because there is NO natural middle class anymore in the US. Due to UNIONS being destroyed and colleges being too expensive for average people. These Fentanyl deaths are almost like the situation in ancient ROME when the Romans became increasingly decadent.
.......As to what is affordable, like a Village retirement life - a lot depends on the whole US economic society having a strong middle class that can make it through that age 25 to 45 period without resorting to KILLER DRUGS. A stronger middle class makes a stronger Village retirement enterprise, which contributes to a stronger America!

And therein lies the heart of the argument-----WHY should we "spread around the wealth"??? WHY should it be taken away from those that earned it and given to those who didn't??? News flash---this is America, not the old communist Soviet Union.

Now you're way off topic---but----who went around and forced fentanyl down the throats of these addicts????

"decimated the middle class"?---As you know, I absolutely hate confusing you with the facts, but.....
According to the census bureau there are 88.89 million Americans age 25-45
According to the CDC, 54,750 Americans of all ages die from fentanyl OD each year

So, even if every death was age 25-45, which it isn't, that is 0.06% of that demographic----hardly what I would call "decimated"

That's funny.

SO, my original question: How was the base wealth generated & not taxed?? So how was the dead person's wealth generated without taxation???

That is the definition of progressive.

Why spread the wealth ? Maybe because we all weren't dealt the same hand.

What a crock. I grew up in poverty. Parents couldn’t afford to send me to college so I joined the military. Went to night school on base to earn an associates degree. After the military I went to work for a company that offered tuition assistance and received my bachelor’s degree. Went on to own two very successful businesses which I sold for a nice profit. Retired at 57 and am living very comfortably.
Please explain to me what great hand I was dealt.

Did you spend half your teenage years in an iron lung ? Did you have to work to support your parents ? Did you have to raise your siblings ? Did you have to flee your home with nothing but the clothes on your back ? Do you have scares from being abused ? The list goes on ! Yea tell me about that bad hand you were dealt. I say you were dealt a mediocre hand but played it well.

no kidding. So what?????

Unfortunately, you reposting it is the only way he'll see my posts.

He seems to have me on his ignore list...

Either that, or he's completely given up arguing the facts I throw at him, by answering with more nonsense... Which is doubtful, since it never stopped him in the past...

Such is life. Sounds like you want equity of outcome, rather than equality of opportunity...

Are you white? did you have a good public school education growing up? Did you have two parents who loved you and were good role models? Did you have food on your table growing up? Did you have good health?

If you don't "spread around the wealth" then practically by definition the wealth of a country ends up in the hands of FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE until ultimately you do have a fascist system like the Soviet Union or Russia today. Spreading the wealth around is actually the American way to freedom from the fascist dictators!

1st ever decrease in a demographic group in America. It is historic. There will be fewer white-collar retirees available to relocate to retirement areas like the Villages in the FUTURE.