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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

To be fair, there are a number of countries that already have a wealth tax. So it wouldn't be some insurmountable concept.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wealth that's just sitting there is hard to assess and therefore easy to game. What's the value of a piece of art? It's far more practical to tax transactions and realized gains, when money changes hands.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are less and less of them because taxing wealth doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's a theory I suppose. Another theory might be the wealthy influencing policies to have the tax removed. No idea if either are true.