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1. jmb99+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-08-27 18:40:51
> Idea: tax loans taken out using assets as collateral at regular income tax rates.

I don’t think it’s as simple as this. This will end up catching normal people (any mortgage, automotive loan, etc) but may result in tricky accounting/loan structuring to avoid having literal collateral for the billionaires you’re trying to hit.

I don’t think that taxing unrealized gains is the solution either, but I also don’t think doing nothing is the solution. This is a very tricky problem without an obvious solution (and it doesn’t help that the ultra-wealthy can fairly easily influence lawmakers).

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2. danans+Rt[view] [source] 2024-08-27 21:05:49
>>jmb99+(OP)
> This will end up catching normal people (any mortgage, automotive loan, etc)

So just have it kick in above $5M/year or something like that, and have it only apply to securities as assets. Not a lot of ordinary people are taking $5M+/year in loans against their stocks.

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