Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires
by randomhodler84 on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:12AM
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The problem is that inflation destroys the value of money quicker than you realize. Nice houses can cost $30M in alpha cities. $20M is a goal post that will need to be moved regularly. It’s too difficult to say what is “enough”.
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Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires
by jayjader on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:36AM
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Then don't pin to a dollar amount, pin to relative wealth available in the world/country/region. Something like estimated total accumulated wealth / total pop.
Inflation destroys the value of money, not the underlying goods or services. Whether there are 100 dollars to go around or 10 billion, for the same "physical context"/material reality a rule along the lines of "no more than %5 of total wealth accumulated in 1 person's account" seems inflation-resistant.
Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires
by onion2k on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:21AM
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So a wealth cap would also help to fix the insane inflation of house prices? Is there a downside?
Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires
by tclancy on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:19AM
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This is a common response but who's problem are you solving? How many people are affected by this? And it seems modern state banks aren't as scared as inflation at the macro level, why do we need to be concerned?
Re:Millionaires call for an emergency tax on billionaires
by randomhodler84 on Friday August 13, 2021 @01:32PM
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How about this — we all agree that the entirety of wealth in the universe is made up of 21
Million bitcoin. Then the wealth cap is 21 million bitcoin. Of course, nobody can have it all, in fact, if they try they will only drive up the relative cost per unit.
If this seems insane to you, consider the insanity of trying to define a fixed container size with an infinite flow of water.