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   "Baxter"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   
      
   Elon Musk: Net Worth Around $200 Billion. ...   
   Jeff Bezos: Net Worth Around $195 Billion. ...   
   Mark Zuckerberg: Net Worth Around $180 Billion. ...   
   Larry Ellison: Net Worth Around $140 Billion. ...   
   Warren Buffet: Net Worth Around $133 Billion...   
   Bill Gates: Net Worth Around $130 Billion. ...   
      
   divided among 330 Million people = about $3,000 per person.   
      
   So show us the 165 Million people that have less than $3,000 in total   
   wealth.   
      
   Hell, their annual income is higher than that.   
      
   Meanwhile I would note their combined wealth wouldn't even balance the   
   budget for a single year.   
      
   Baxter allows his mouth to write checks his brain can't cash.. and then   
   wonders why he is considered to be an ignorant fool.   
      
   So Baxter once the government has pissed away that wealth in a single year..   
   who do we tax/blame next?   
      
   How about the people who tax us into poverty and still find still that isn't   
   enough to cover what they want to spend it on?   
      
   I would note that once upon a time, Income tax was only going to tax the   
   rich and well off. Now virtually everyone pays income tax.   
      
   Amazing how taxes for the rich.. end up being paid by everyone over time.   
      
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