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   Ray Fischer to All   
   Re: Wealth tax   
   11 Jun 21 10:24:39   
   
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   From: rfischer@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/11/2021 8:33 AM, #ReamMeUpTheAssSnotty, brain-damaged fucktard who rode   
   his   
   scooter into a tree while not wearing a helmet, stupidly bawled and lied:   
      
   > On 6/10/21 3:14 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >> Suppose I took my life savings and bought 300,000 shares of Amazon on   
   >> Aug 10, 2001 at $9.95 per share ($2,985,000 total).  I've sat on those   
   >> shares for coming up on 20 years, neither selling any nor buying more.   
   >> The stock is my only asset.  I'm still working and earning $120,000 per   
   >> year, which is not rich in anyone's book.  My Amazon stock is now worth   
   >> about $3,335 per share, for a total valuation of $1,000,500,000.  Why   
   >> should I pay any tax on any of that asset price increase?  I shouldn't.   
   >> If I sell some of the stock, I'll pay a capital gains tax, but as long   
   >> as I continue to hold the shares, I should not pay any tax based on   
   >> their price appreciation.   
   >   
   >   
   > Suppose the Government quit taxing your income on labor (since trading   
   > an hour of your life for dollars is an even trade and NO PROFIT was   
   > created for the person selling their labor)   
      
   #ReamMeUpTheAssSnotty, brain-damaged fucktard who rode his scooter into a tree   
   while not wearing a helmet, proves that in addition to knowing nothing about   
   the   
   Constitution or law, he also knows nothing about taxation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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