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Originally Posted by HarryT
Are you suggesting that nobody should be able to pass on their income-earning property to their heirs when they die?
If you created a business, you'd be able to pass on ownership of that business to your wife or children to provide them with income after your death. Copyright law allows you to do the same, albeit only for 70 years after your death.
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The point was that it was not property so it is not obvious that you should be able to pass it on (if it now is obvious that you should be able to pass on property). The reason that you can pass on things is that it is considered beneficial for society. And if I am correctly informed you cannot pass on everything in a business since there are tax to pay. So in a way you cannot now pass on everything.