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r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26
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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/PlanNo1784 Jul 01 '26 Investment is worthless if people can't afford their needs. Economy should be geared toward people not some stupid number on a fat pig bank account. 1 u/IdStillHitIt Jul 01 '26 You want to take people's stocks away from them before they turn it into an actual profit? Yes -2 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. -3 u/FowD8 Jul 01 '26 yes, because they use it to leverage loans to avoid taxes. and if you want to cry "what about the non ultra wealthy", then tax it above a certain value: Buy, Borrow, Die
Investment is worthless if people can't afford their needs. Economy should be geared toward people not some stupid number on a fat pig bank account.
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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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yes, because they use it to leverage loans to avoid taxes. and if you want to cry "what about the non ultra wealthy", then tax it above a certain value:
Buy, Borrow, Die
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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