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   From: bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
      
   Attila  wrote in   
   news:jmndgjtok5hdbii7vgj0snvg9uaph6k0d0@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 18:57:32 -0000 (UTC), Baxter   
   >  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Attila  wrote in   
   >>news:o9gdgjpgf57h60tgth968vucalfjmp6kli@4ax.com:   
   >>   
   >>> I keep wondering how this unrealized capital gains will   
   >>> work.  If I bought a stock for $10,000 and it is now worth   
   >>> $8000.00 can I claim a $2000 capital loss?   
   >>>   
   >>We're not talking about taxing your puny $10K - we're talking about   
   >>Billionair$ .  Your wealth is not a mountain, it's not even a molehill.   
   >   
   > There is a bit of a problem.  If you take the entire wealth   
   > of every billionaire it would not be nearly enough to come   
   > close to paying the current national debt.  Add in the   
   > multi-millionaires and it wouldn't help a lot.   
   >   
   And yet a handful (like 6) of Billionairs have more wealth than 50% of the   
   US.   
      
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