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[–] -4 points 5 months ago (11 children)

What happens when my socks value decreases 30% one month? Do I get a tax refund?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    What happens to the property taxes you paid when your property value tanks? Do you get a tax refund then? No? Then no.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    Ah, yes. It's the old "one injustice makes a new one okay" argument. Hate much?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Taxes are not injustice. And being unsympathetic to the risks that the owning class has to endure is not ..."hatred". More money, more problems, cry me a river.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Taking away savings that were already taxed is an injustice. The american revolution was triggered by less - merely taxation without representation. Imagine your 401k going down by 20% per year due to the annual wealth tax. Then when you pull out the money you pay income tax on that. Sound fair?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not American and I'm 100% not interested in solving stupid problems caused by the contradictions rooted in the USA lacking a civilized welfare state. Tax your rich to fund a proper old age pension system. I don't care about your stocks.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    It depends on the details of the implementation. There are many possible solutions.

    If we change it so the rule is like "if you use stock as collateral to get a loan, that is income and taxed as such" then no. You might just default on your loan, but that's kind of on you and the bank for using a volatile asset as collateral.

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