• krashmo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Taxes can be variable depending on income, net worth, number of children, nipple circumference, or any other measure we decide to use. Don’t talk about them like you’re in the same category as Elon Musk because there are very few categories in which that is true.

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        10 hours ago

        Or just make you pay capital gains tax on the collateral and step up the cost basis to the date of the loan

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      But they never just pass a tax that only affects the wealthy. I ended up paying AMT one year because I had capital gains. I think that’s ridiculous because it was meant to affect only rich people and I had a one time windfall