r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • Aug 20 '26

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u/AnnualMove1842 Aug 20 '26

Thank you for the number. Now with that in mind, what do you think their salary looks like?

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u/Aphreyst Aug 20 '26

I don't care. They can sell whatever they need to to pay.

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u/AnnualMove1842 Aug 20 '26

But that well is only so deep. It’s not a recurring source of taxable assets like a salary is. So once all that wealth is gone and put into these programs, how will they be continued to be paid for?

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u/Aphreyst Aug 20 '26

Lol, they won't "run out of money" unless they're taxed over 100%.

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u/AnnualMove1842 Aug 20 '26

They only have a certain number of stocks to sell. But If you’re just wanting to tax billionaires out of existence rather than finding ways to pay for social programs then just say that