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   From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com   
      
   In article , bax02_spamblock@baxcode.com   
   says...   
   >   
   > Attila  wrote in   
   > news:b5ihgj53ep9lhgtpsqoue9odro010b6m97@4ax.com:   
   >   
   > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 21:56:33 -0000 (UTC), Baxter   
   > >  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>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.   
   > >   
   > > Why don't you start a Walmart, Microsoft, Amazon, or Tesla   
   > > and join them?   
   > >   
   > Because I don't have the half-billion$ with which to start like they did.   
      
   Sam Walton did not have that. He started with a mom and pop store. You   
   sound jealous.   
      
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