Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by rorykoehler on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:58AM
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Asset tax in combination with negative interest rates is the most equitable model in a capitalist society like ours. Use the proceeds to fund a universal basic income.
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Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by AdrianB1 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:24AM
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This is a complete nonsense: it is mixing an economic model with a taxation, gets to social ideas that are anti-economic (why bother having an economy at all if you do redistribution?) and throw the magic word "equitable" in it, all without any supporting argument. It is amazing, better crafted than demo scene.
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by rorykoehler on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:37AM
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What do you think would happen with an aggressive capital gains tax (including on unrealized gains) and negative interest rates?
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by sokoloff on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:13AM
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I'd expect movement of capital away from that economy and a 20+% recession in that economy.
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by rorykoehler on Saturday January 18, 2020 @08:12AM
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Where would capital move?
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by stickfigure on Saturday January 18, 2020 @11:15AM
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Anywhere? Panama, Cayman Islands, bitcoin, foreign real state, gold... take your pick. Wealth is pretty fluid these days, even for people who live under Chinese-style capital "controls".
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by rorykoehler on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:38AM
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Tax evasion is not a valid answer. The others are issues though gold would be subject to the same taxation. Moving money abroad is a major issue but its already a major issue (see apple in Ireland or Chinese in Australia).
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by AdrianB1 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @09:09AM
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If that is the only argument, it does not hold.
Re:California wants to tax companies for executive pay ratio
by rorykoehler on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:58AM
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I'm not sure if you are replying to me or the parent but I'm asking a genuine question. If capital needs to move from investments where would it go?