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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by speedplane on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:33AM (#22082983)
> Almost an aside, but taxing people only on their savings would be truly bizarre.

It happens all the time, it's called property taxes.

Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by Mirioron on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:47AM (#22083247)
Also, inflation. If the government does something that increases inflation (like printing money), then they're essentially taxing savings.
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio by speedplane on Sunday January 19, 2020 @04:02AM (#22090292)
> Also, inflation. If the government does something that increases inflation (like printing money), then they're essentially taxing savings.

Not exactly, if the government prints money, then the value of the dollar will decrease, but it the value of other assets will increase to adjust for the lower dollar value. So while printing money can be thought of as a tax on cash savings, it's not a tax on all assets (e.g., stocks, property, etc.).