From: fedora@fea.st
On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:47:12 -0500, Wilson
wrote:
>On 2/19/2026 4:38 PM, Dude wrote:
>> On 2/19/2026 12:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:39:03 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>> Critics, argue it could negatively impact working people and that the
>>>> top 1% already pay nearly half of the state's income taxes.
>>>
>>> And so it is that the labor movement has become thugs and a cabal of
>>> communist academics. Nah, you can't fool me with that shit.
>>>
>> That's because you have not thought this through. Otherwise, you would
>> have posted your arguments, pro or con, to this list, instead of
>> infantile emotional outbursts.
>>
>> The taxable obligation is wholly detached from a liquidity event!
>>
>> Unlike income and capital gains taxes, a wealth tax is entirely
>> untethered from a liquidity event. “Asset-rich, cash-poor” taxpayers may
>> be forced to sell assets to meet their tax obligations, risking
>> destabilizing asset and capital markets.
>>
>> Also, on a more personal level, consider whether one or both spouses are
>> California residents, the tax is imposed at a household level, so a
>> couple with a combined net worth of $1 billion or more is subject to the
>> tax, whereas two unmarried individuals with just under $1 billion apiece
>> would not be taxed.
>
>Reportedly, some high net worth couples are seriously considering
>divorce to avoid the proposed Cali billionaire wealth tax.
Suits me. It is not up to us to preserve their marriages. Pay your
damn taxes.
--
Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<>> to <<>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away
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