home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.buddha.short.fat.guy      Uhhh not sure, something about Buddhism      155,846 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 155,666 of 155,846   
   Julian to Wilson   
   Re: Wealth Tax Counterstrike   
   22 Feb 26 18:05:55   
   
   From: julianlzb87@gmail.com   
      
   On 22/02/2026 17:43, Wilson wrote:   
   > On 2/22/2026 11:33 AM, Julian wrote:   
   >> On 22/02/2026 16:13, Wilson wrote:   
   >>> On 2/21/2026 6:40 PM, Julian wrote:   
   >>>> On 21/02/2026 16:56, Wilson wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/21/2026 2:28 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2/20/26 11:53 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> A 5% California wealth tax on a $1 billion net worth would result   
   >>>>>>> in a $50 million tax liability!   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> This proposed one-time tax targets the approximately 246   
   >>>>>>> billionaires in the state, potentially costing them between $50   
   >>>>>>> million and $13 billion each, depending on their total wealth.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Does anyone except the Teamsters Union think this is a good idea?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> i hope they leave   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> billionaires don't spend their money in ways that are useful to   
   >>>>>> local economies, and they have a lot retarded ways to not actually   
   >>>>>> pay tax.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> in fact they buy up excess property making it harder for everyone   
   >>>>>> else they leave, so better that they don't try to live here   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So how much property, income & sales tax do the billionaires pay to   
   >>>>> the bottomless state budget pit that's Kalifornia?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I guess at some point, on this trajectory, some shareholders might   
   >>>> be moved to sue companies that don't relocate from Kalifornia for   
   >>>> breaching their fiduciary duty to maximise returns on investment?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the UK publicly listed companies are legally obliged to maximise   
   >>>> profit... which is why, for instance, they are frantically   
   >>>> unravelling their DIE extraordinary popular delusions and the   
   >>>> madness of crowds.   
   >>>   
   >>> If a big wealth tax is implemented the techbros who stay will either   
   >>> be forced to liquidate a large percentage of their assets driving   
   >>> down the value of the stock, or give that stock directly to the   
   >>> taxing agency making the State the owner of a part of those companies.   
   >>>   
   >>> Guess which of those two the politicians will want?   
   >>   
   >> If they can't confiscate have the stock, people's property,   
   >> they won't think twice about trashing the asset values in   
   >> millions of people's pension funds just out of spite.   
   >   
   > Good point. Envy drives a lot of this.   
      
   The Godless Leftwaffe have de-ratified the seven deadly sins.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca