My favorite: Stranger than Fiction

Also, Fandango, Passengers, Life or Something Like it, Birdy, Home Office

Some can be hard to find.

You know, I heard that rich people need air to live, we should totally tax the crap out of that. That would show them.

I love the way people on the internet have to insult to make a point.

I’m just glad you’re not the one making the tax laws.

I love the way you think I don’t understand these things. It’s just another tablet of condescension you dole out of your anti-social Pez dispenser. Have you actually READ and DIGESTED anything I’ve posted?

And still no reasonable argument on how/why to tax unrealized gains. Just more rich people suck and so do you for daring to suggest that not EVERY law allowing it is horrible.

I’m out of touch with reality for suggesting that we actually just tax people equally but OP isn’t out of touch for suggesting we suddenly put a tax on an imaginary number because many rich people might be able to abuse it. Classic.

I see, so if I don’t want to see a users posts and I block them, I won’t see them, but everyone else will? I mean in a thread we are both contributing to?

That’s a really nice view point. I agree with what you said completely. The problem is, it doesn’t stress the issue we’re discussing.

I say, you should tax an unknown value. You say, billionaires are bad.

You can block people? Well that changes things.

Fortnite. Noped right out of that one.

I care. As far as I’m concerned, we’ve already entered fascism with that decision. We have no way of knowing that ONLY Donald Trump would abuse that power.

LOL. I don’t agree with property tax based on home values either.

What part of the stocks in a portfolio that you have not sold have no gain aren’t you getting? Yes, there’s a number in Robinhoid and tomorrow that number could be zero. Companies go bankrupt and when that happens, common stock goes to zero. Until you SELL the stock, there IS NO gain or loss.

The OP does not mention only gains over $100m.

The answer isn’t to tax them. It’s to not allow them to be used as collateral.

Or, how about we just tax everyone equally and keep them from making the rules. Make a little money, pay a little money. Make a lot of money, pay a lot of money. As far as I’m concerned, if you can make a billion dollars on a level playing field, more power to you. Now pay up.

Absolutely, but that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about creating a tax on an unknown number that will apply to a lot of not rich people. And then taxing it again later for I -don’t-know-how-many times.

How about instead, we make a flat tax and remove loop holes in or any number of ways that apply across the board.

I don’t have a problem with people wanting to be rich or even being rich. I have a problem with how they get there and what they do when they get there. It’s completely unfair and oppressive, crushing people who dare stand in the way, forced labour, buying politicians, etc. I’m sorry but I’m not a communist. Just arbitrarily deciding anything a rich person does should be illegal because a rich person does it is just silly.

Oh brother. Talking about a high horse.

So if you tax unrealized gains, the rich will still be rich but everyone else will simply stop investing. They will have no option but to only earn money from the rich guy. Oh but we’ll all have collectives because everyone who works wants to be an owner. And the best way to make any decision is to have a whole bunch of people provide input.

Look I’m all for eliminating the unfair rules that allow people to become billionaires. This rule is not one of them. And I’m sorry, but there are millions of people in the US with 401k retirement plans and they all have unrealized gains. They would all be effected. So don’t pretend this is ONLY a rich person thing. This isn’t a tax on the rich. It’s a tax on trying to become rich.

That sounds like a very compelling argument.

Yup, but I don’t see how taking away everyone’s rights is going to help that situation. That’s the way it is. People seem to think only ultra rich people have unrealized gains. I’m sorry, b but it makes no sense to tax an unknown number.

I love that they are already claiming fraud before the election has even started. Ummm, yeah, it’s you that are committing the fraud.

Sure that perfectly works because salaries are so high, I don’t need any other form of income at all. I’ll just forego any other investments because some rich guy might use them. Seriously, this is your solution? You do know it’s THAT rich guy that sets your salary, right?

Me too! WTF? Why? I mean I can see that statistical it may just be a thing, but mine is exactly in the right spot.

LOL. They really do sound like Star Wars names.