<p>I also really fail to follow the logic that people who have prospered did so because of their great privilege in living in the US and thus must pay confiscatory taxes to society. What about turning this argument on the less successful, ie, hey! you’re failing despite being born here! You have no excuses, now get to work!</p>
<p>I’m not advocating this line but if that’s the logic you want to employ then it applies to everyone, not just perceived “lucky.”</p>
<p>Finally, I am ardently opposed to estate taxes. It is preposterous in my view for the government to take a slice of the wealth that parents want to bequeath to their heirs.</p>
<p>I don’t care if some rich kids inherited their money instead of earning it. I don’t spend my time worrying about that and I think people who do are wasting their time and ours by making a big deal out of it.</p>
<p>In general, I suspect that people like the Occupiers tend to covet what others have, resent the success of others and spend their time and energies railing against a world that has rewarded others and not them. If they would just engage their brain, think critically about their decisions, exercise some discipline in their living habits and take advantage of opportunities rather than fretting endlessly over social injustice – they’d probably end up a lot better off than if they actually succeed in confiscating the wealth of others.</p>