• fafferlicious@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Every fucking year hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans pay a tax on an illiquid asset: the property tax.

    Don’t fucking tell me “oh it’s too difficult, there’s too many effects.” Tax. Them.

    Progressive tax rate on long term and short term capital gains. 95 % upper limit for income tax. Kneecap their bullshit “buy, borrow, die” cycle.

    Get back to the fucking WW2 tax levels, back when we had a middle class, and then we can maybe finally have a balanced budget, at least.

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      4 days ago

      What would happen to America and the USD if all of those people left the country and took their “wealth” with them?

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            3 days ago

            95 % upper limit for income tax.

            Don’t argue against things I didn’t say.

            You don’t see an exodus of homeowners for their property tax.

            Why is that? Hmmm? Is it the case that rich people wanna be where money is? And nice services are? Where the culture is? Where the art is? Where their family is? Their friends? Their children’s life?

            Show me a study that unequivocally shows that raising taxes leads to mass capital flight. I haven’t seen one yet. At best, its mixed.

            They say this about minimum wage “you can’t raise it to $15 business will leave and go under!”

            And every fucking time states or cities increase the minimum wage, that doesn’t happen.

            Stop fucking carrying water for the rich