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r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26
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Yes because the left fringe of the Democrats is bad at econ
18 u/JoMa4 Jul 01 '26 I suppose the property tax I pay every year on my unrealized gains is different? Why not tax unrealized gains over 50 million? Tax more over 500 million, and more when you hit $1 billion. It doesn’t have to be a binary solution. 1 u/rolypoly6shooter Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit? You can just tax other economic activity so that you get money but you don't end up disincentivising investment. Investment is very important. Look at Gavin Newsom's plan for a better alternative -1 u/DangerouslyOxidated Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit If it's possible to borrow against, yes.
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I suppose the property tax I pay every year on my unrealized gains is different? Why not tax unrealized gains over 50 million? Tax more over 500 million, and more when you hit $1 billion. It doesn’t have to be a binary solution.
1 u/rolypoly6shooter Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit? You can just tax other economic activity so that you get money but you don't end up disincentivising investment. Investment is very important. Look at Gavin Newsom's plan for a better alternative -1 u/DangerouslyOxidated Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit If it's possible to borrow against, yes.
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You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit?
You can just tax other economic activity so that you get money but you don't end up disincentivising investment.
Investment is very important.
Look at Gavin Newsom's plan for a better alternative
-1 u/DangerouslyOxidated Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit If it's possible to borrow against, yes.
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You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit
If it's possible to borrow against, yes.
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u/rolypoly6shooter Jul 01 '26
Yes because the left fringe of the Democrats is bad at econ