• Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Thought exercise: if this person suddenly died would there be a significant positive impact to the economy?

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      9 months ago

      Her descendants would get the fortune, if there are none then her will likely spreads it to enough other entities that the government gets nothing more than the estate tax laws demand. You won’t see billionaires die and the money go unclaimed to the state like you do with poors that die with a few thousand in assets