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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by VirusNewbie on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:03PM (#41372337)
Property taxes exist because we want to tax externalities like land use. Taxing fake wealth because you own a company and some VC assigns it a valuation is insane.

Why should you dilute your ownership share just because of some arbitrary number?

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by _heimdall on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:41PM (#41372755)
I'd argue that property taxes exist because we still live in a system resembling the feudal system we evolved from, and governments believe it is their right to tax our property to pay for their projects.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by ragnese on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:05PM (#41373038)
Who--other than "governments"--decided that its "your" property and that you somehow deserve monopoly rights to a piece of the planet that you didn't create?
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by ragnese on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:12PM (#41373104)
> Taxing fake wealth because you own a company > [...] > Why should you dilute your ownership share

So... is owning piece of a productive company "fake wealth"? Is it fake when you can leverage that valuation to have access to more credit and use that to buy real stuff (like property...)?