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Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by stouset on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:28PM (#47618291)
They’re also reducing the float requirements, which is absolutely insane. As a passive investor with significant assets outside of tax-protected retirement accounts, I am beyond livid. If I have to switch investments to move away from the rules being changed out from under me, it will result in enormous tax consequences.

I don’t tend to let my emotions out this much here, but utterly fuck everything about this administration, and fuck anyone who voted in favor of it.

Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by scottyah on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:07PM (#47618809)
What about those that made this administration so desirable for so many?
Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by stouset on Thursday April 02, 2026 @06:10PM (#47620823)
If you’re referring to the manosphere podcasters, pseudoscientists, cranks, and conspiracy theorists that came out in droves to support him, they can get fucked too.

If you’re referring to Biden, who all but guaranteed that Trump would win a second term by having zero sense of urgency or concern, zero drive to push through popular but sweeping changes, zero real vision, falling back to politics-as-usual, and topping it all off with disastrously running for a second term until pulling out at almost the last possible second, then yes, him too, and I will personally never forgive him for stepping in when Bernie had momentum.

For anyone else, it’s hard for me to get as worked up over them. Uninspiring, ineffective, bargain basement levels of corruption is upsetting but not a reason to put fire to everything that has put this country and its residents in a position of economic power, peace and security, and as the diplomatic head of the world. If I could wave a magic wand and strip the right to vote from anyone who thought so and acted upon that belief, I wouldn’t give it a second of hesitation.

Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by KK7NIL on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:03PM (#47618752)
Nothing like a forced tax event to get the people rioting in the streets!
Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by throwway120385 on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:15PM (#47618892)
I think you need to consider who is being taxed. I doubt very much that OP is part of the class of people who really should be paying more tax. Rather, they're concerned about their retirement assets. Is that a good outcome here if it applied to everyone?
Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by KK7NIL on Thursday April 02, 2026 @05:30PM (#47620452)
You seem to have read some sort of political opinion into my post that is not actually there.

I was just making a joke about the outrage OP is showing, I wasn't making a judgment on whether they get taxed too much or too little.

Re:A forecast of the fair market value of SpaceX's businesses by stouset on Thursday April 02, 2026 @03:58PM (#47619425)
This is just one more of an endless list of inexcusable, indefensible, corrupt and incompetent acts this government has performed and/or enabled.

In this specific case I am retired and I have done this based on financial projections assuming the game continues to be played the same. So it hits closer to home for me. But it’s a far bigger problem than just me—this is looting the retirement savings of millions of Americans—and it is far from the only thing about this administration and those who have supported it to make me absolutely livid.