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[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yea this is a bad idea. All this will do is force small investors-think people that have made maybe a million dollars in their life and are retiring at 70-to pay taxes they don’t have cash to pay.

[–] gnomadic@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The Harris proposal kicks in at 100 million dollars lol if you have over 100 million dollars in unrealized gains you are not a small investor and should pay your taxes.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

most people don't understand how tax brackets work

[–] gnomadic@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah and most people like to pretend someday they could have that much money too, not realizing it's strictly generational and they'd already have it.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Like how the Revenue Act of 1913 only applied the new "income tax" to $3000/year ($90k/year in today's dollars) and up.

[–] gnomadic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

? Sure yeah ?

And just like how federal income tax rates have been and are adjusted constantly over the years due to inflation since 1913, it's safe to assume these tax brackets will be updated also

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -3 points 2 months ago

The Harris proposal kicks in at 100 million dollars lol

The snark is uncalled for, this tweet doesn't mention any proposal specifically, so don't act like they're saying something incorrect.