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[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yea this is a bad idea. All this will do is force small investors-think people that have made maybe a million dollars in their life and are retiring at 70-to pay taxes they don’t have cash to pay.

[–] gnomadic@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The Harris proposal kicks in at 100 million dollars lol if you have over 100 million dollars in unrealized gains you are not a small investor and should pay your taxes.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

most people don't understand how tax brackets work

[–] gnomadic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah and most people like to pretend someday they could have that much money too, not realizing it's strictly generational and they'd already have it.

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