How about no, we let people do what they want with their money? My 2 goals in life atm and for the foreseeable future are to retire early with a nice nest egg, and to provide as best I can for my kids (and their kids) after I’m gone. I’ll be trying to leave them each a house with zero debt on it at a bare minimum.

I want my kids to be better off than I was. Every parent should want that for their kids. If the government ever tried to do a “death tax” or inheritance tax, I’d make damn sure I had nothing to my name by the time I am on my death bed, and my kids had everything.

I agree in principle that inheritances perpetuate inequality, but it's very hard to implement. Many elderly people would "gift" their money to their children before their death to avoid an inheritance tax. They would argue it's their money, they should be able to decide what to do with it. Either that or elderly people would try to spend it down in their final years.