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    12 years ago

    What semantics game? I asked for a source supporting the claim regarding wealth taxes. You have not provided one and a different account, not you, demonstrated they don’t know the difference between wealth and income taxes. They were confused whereas you haven’t backed your claim.

    So do you have a source?

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      12 years ago

      I dunno man, everything in the Wiki seems to suppirt everything I’ve said, from wealth hoarding damaging the economy to wealth taxes not leading to investment drain. It seems like those who oppose the tax don’t understand how investment economics work, nor do they understand the psychology is the VC class. They’re literally just poor people pretending they’d know what to do if they were rich.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_tax

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        12 years ago

        Wikipedia is not a great source for things like this. In fact it does not support the notion that there is no capital flight.

        Given your comments here Im not sure you are in a position to determine how educated people are on taxation.

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          12 years ago

          According to an OECD study on wealth taxes, it is “difficult to firmly argue that wealth taxes would have negative effects on entrepreneurship. The magnitude of the effects of wealth taxes on entrepreneurship is also unclear”.[8]

          A wealth tax serves as a negative reinforcer (“use it or lose it”), which incentivizes the productive use of assets (rather than letting assets accumulate without being used). According to University of Pennsylvania Law School professors David Shakow and Reed Shuldiner, “a wealth tax also taxes capital that is not productively employed. Thus, a wealth tax can be viewed as a tax on potential income from capital.”[60] Net wealth taxes can complement rather than replace gift taxes, capital gains taxes, and inheritance taxes to increase administrability and the effectiveness of enforcement efforts.

          Sounds like you’re just wrong and mad about it

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            12 years ago

            Your first source states that it does not impact entrepreneurship which is not a point I addressed but does not support or refute your claim.

            Your second source are non-experts as lawyers are not economists and this is a question of economics not law.

            So again what is going on is that you do not have the level of understanding you think you do. Rather than recognizing that lack of understanding and taking a chance to learn you have decided to double down on the idea that you are correct when you have made it abundantly clear that you have no education in macroeconomics.

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              12 years ago

              As long as your solution remains “everything is fine, do what the wealth hoarders say or they will punish you!” I stand confident that my position is far superior to yours, especially having watched the process from it’s inception.

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                12 years ago

                My solution is higher marginal tax rates and estate taxes because those do work.

                Your confidence is misplaced because you clearly demonstrate that you have no idea what you are talking about. You can change that if you want to appear like you have a valid opinion.

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                  12 years ago

                  I’m not sure how those aren’t wealth taxes. Maybe it’s the semantics that’s the problem.

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                    12 years ago

                    Those are income taxes not wealth taxes. Income is the money you are making in x amount if time. Wealth is the total summation of everything you have.

                    If you don’t know the difference between them you shouldn’t be talking about economics at all. It would be like not knowing what a baseball is versus a baseball bat and then maintaining your take on the infield fly rule is correct.