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Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by smallmancontrov on Monday June 15, 2026 @02:14PM (#48545055)
$0.5B in taxes on $200B/yr in capital gains, for a tax rate of 0.25%

I wish I could pay taxes at a rate of 0.25%! What tax rate did you pay last year?

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Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by YZF on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:35AM (#48550635)
I didn't pay any capital gains on stock I did not sell.
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Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by smallmancontrov on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @07:55AM (#48553818)
You paid a lot more than 0.25% in tax. As did I.
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