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Why is there an Estate Tax?

Asked by GloPro (8404points) April 9th, 2014 from iPhone

What is the justification for taxing someone’s assets left upon their deaths? Were those assets not taxed while the person was alive? Income tax, property tax, etc… Yet upon death a chunk is taken from the heirs, and then their inheritance is also taxed?

What gives?

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