• Sotuanduso@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    When I bring up that 80-90% of an average top billionaire’s wealth is their share of their company, it’s usually to counter the perception that those hundreds of billions of dollars are deadweight. I do still think the rich should be taxed, though I would lean towards taxing the personal assets more than business stock.

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      1 year ago

      Nope, all of it. Otherwise it’s a loophole that they will abuse