This is an incredibly stupid and mendacious line of reasoning. This is just the action of an incredibly rich guy afraid to give up a small sliver of his enormou

This is an incredibly stupid and mendacious line of reasoning. This is just the action of an incredibly rich guy afraid to give up a small sliver of his enormous wealth, and grasping at straws to do so. A simple way to see how silly this argument is - replace "0.5% wealth tax" with "2% VC fund management fee", and see how that changes the conclusion!