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Re:ElonJet – Account Suspended by koonsolo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:00AM (#33983527)
My take is that billionaires are mostly made because they own a very successful company. So when you talk about wealth tax of these billionaires, you automatically talk about diminishing their stake in said company(-ies).

And I think that is the main point that needs to be discussed.

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Re:ElonJet – Account Suspended by giraffe_lady on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:56AM (#33984253)
Another view of this is just that they've very effectively captured the value created by the workers of those companies. Rather than wait for them to accumulate that value personally then tax it, we could limit how and how much value accrues to individuals who run companies.
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Re:ElonJet – Account Suspended by koonsolo on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:57AM (#33985322)
How would that work in practice? Like give shares to workers as the company becomes more valuable?
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