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Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI by barrkel on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:25AM (#21928131)
Taxing transactions other than capital purchases isn't going to make much of a dent in inequality. The reason we have such inequality is from capital income and appreciation. Taxing ordinary income or outgoings won't help much.
Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI by 3131s on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:58AM (#21928254)
Ok, fortunately Yang also wants to increase capital gains taxes to the same rate as income taxes.

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/capital-gain-carried-inter...

Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI by StreamBright on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @12:10PM (#21929004)
It would make more people move to tax havens.