Governments should really find a way to tax unrealised gains. Then this fiesta would end quickly.
They already do for a lot of middle class people. They’re called property taxes and they’re reassessed regularly (usually up) based on change in market value and not realized gains. We need something like that for billionaires.
But you know, conservatives think taxing rich people is unpatriotic and stuff :>
Well the arguement they always put forward is something about trickle-down economics. Essentially the rich people will spend their money which will benefit the local economy.
Accept of course it doesn’t work because rich people don’t spend money in the local economy they spend it in Monaco. Who’s economy I don’t care about.
They already do for a lot of middle class people. They’re called property taxes and they’re reassessed regularly (usually up) based on change in market value and not realized gains. We need something like that for billionaires.
But you know, conservatives think taxing rich people is unpatriotic and stuff :>
Well the arguement they always put forward is something about trickle-down economics. Essentially the rich people will spend their money which will benefit the local economy.
Accept of course it doesn’t work because rich people don’t spend money in the local economy they spend it in Monaco. Who’s economy I don’t care about.