Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by Johnny555 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:04PM
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A wealth tax wouldn't change that. No billionaire is going to sit around and watch his $1B fortune be whittled away in 5 years by a 20% tax. Instead he's going to divest -- he'll put the money into other companies or charitable foundations.
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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by DamnYuppie on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:44PM
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You statement makes it sound like they aren't currently doing those things already. Can you point to some data that shows they aren't donating to charities and aren't diversified? I can understand if someone like Bezos is highly invested in the company he founded but overtime he will be like Gates and hold a small portion of his portfolio in Amazon and the rest broke up across many companies and charities.
Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by Johnny555 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @04:54PM
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Then I guess a wealth tax is not needed, billionaires are already giving away all of their money or starting new companies through direct investments, so they're no longer billionaires.
Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by throwaway894345 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:39PM
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If you have a billion dollars and you invest all of it, you're still a billionaire (unless your investments tank). No billionaire keeps all of his money in cash.
Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by throwaway894345 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:38PM
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If a wealth tax isn't going to change anything, then what's the point? Do we really believe that billionaires are keeping their money in scrooge-mc-duck-esque vaults rather than investing it in diversified portfolios, and that only a wealth tax (rather than the promise of returns on investment) will force them to invest?