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Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by legolas2412 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @08:58AM (#32331089)
> The rich have been dealing with ridiculous cost of living inflation since 2000

I hate the constant conflation of rich and wealthy. People who earn a lot of money vs people who own a lot of money. A lot of criticism about inequality, by politicians and economists alike, is about rising wealth inequality, but they only advocate and undertake policies to hurt the higher income class. Why is there no wealth tax, but the govt is funded primarily by income and payroll tax. Why is the federal reserve always worried about falling asset prices. And again here, rising house prices benefited the wealthy, and hurt the high income class, but you didn't differentiate between them either.

Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @04:56PM (#32336572)
>A lot of criticism about inequality, by politicians and economists alike, is about rising wealth inequality, but they only advocate and undertake policies to hurt the higher income class

"I didn't think they were gonna tax me" says the guy who <checks HN demographics> is in the top 10% of income by almost any measure and who's FAANG monopoly bucks are exactly why the plumber gets priced out of the Boulder/Austin/Seattle housing market.

Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by thrown_22 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:04AM (#32331160)
Will the wealth tax be negative when assets drop in value?
Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by legolas2412 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @01:20AM (#32339624)
I thought assets give positive return in the long run. Why should they not pay appropriate taxes for an economic system that increases inequality
Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:52PM (#32334116)
Does the tax on corporate profits go negative when you make a loss?

Does income tax become negative when I loose money?

Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by thrown_22 on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @04:23PM (#32336285)
Do you lose money up to every other second?

Wealth is not income until you realize the gains.

If your car goes up in value you can't sell 1/100th of it to cover the your tax obligations.

Re:MIT invents $4 solar desalination device by legolas2412 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @01:23AM (#32339633)
Weird, that never stopped property tax. Why can't one have a wealth tax too.

Maybe we can tax only productive assets. And you don't need to sell a small proportion, just let the government own that tiny bit