re: #450 Belafon

I understand, but I guess the point is that someone who pumps that much money into their 401K, if they started out with nearly nothing on their own, is probably going to be spending quite a bit of it on retirement. Yes, they could die suddenly, and then there would be taxes owed, but under normal circumstances they’ll be using a good portion of it, driving themselves below the cutoff. That’s part of the point of those Prudential commercials I keep seeing.

If a couple has $10M, they could leave each of their 5 children enough to never have to work another day in their lives.

If they’re leaving more than that, damn straight the kids should have to pay some inheritance tax.