How much of their estate should be taxed and given to the government when they pass on? one of the big successes of the right and big money in politics has been weakening and lowering the estate tax. if you read the work on inequality, you come to realize actually how important the estate tax is in making sure you don t have these soaring levels of intergenerational inequality. when you are born with a lot already, you are at a massive advantage and that perpetuates through the generations. if you want america to be a merit ok si, if you want it to be a place where people get ahead of their own volition and of their own hard work, i think a high estate tax is really important to being able to realize that vision. yeah, even going beyond tax policy or the macro view. if you think about it in what terms of the message it sends, it s like how much money do you need? if you are lucky enough to be