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> I'm not sure why everyone thinks it's fair the government should get paid when a citizen dies.

I'd argue that it's even less fair that the government feels it's entitled to a percentage of your income. Taking money from a dead person doesn't seem as bad as taking money from a living person.

Nobody likes taxes, but they have been a part of society for several thousand years.



Paying for services I actively make use of seems fair to me. It’s like a subscription to membership of a country.




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