Re:The VC Carried Interest Debate
by hga on Sunday June 06, 2010 @11:52AM
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A potential???
If you want less of something, or don't care if you get less of it, you tax it.
Totally ignoring the fairness issue (it's certainly a debatable point), starting from this status quo how can you possibly believe this change will not cause harm?
About the only way I see for the medium to long term is that VC firms restructure, which might end up with a neutral or even better situation (Fred Wilson is hoping for the latter, but I didn't find his case very convincing).
But in the short term it's hard to see how it's going to be anything other than a mess not to mention a distraction from the real job.
If you want less of something, or don't care if you get less of it, you tax it.
Totally ignoring the fairness issue (it's certainly a debatable point), starting from this status quo how can you possibly believe this change will not cause harm?
About the only way I see for the medium to long term is that VC firms restructure, which might end up with a neutral or even better situation (Fred Wilson is hoping for the latter, but I didn't find his case very convincing).
But in the short term it's hard to see how it's going to be anything other than a mess not to mention a distraction from the real job.