Sell it, or loan it out. There are numerous ways to (temporarily) convert financial assets to cash without just selling them. That could be used to invest in th

Sell it, or loan it out. There are numerous ways to (temporarily) convert financial assets to cash without just selling them. That could be used to invest in the local economy, for example, but again to my point, it's not. And all of that is moot anyway because for ordinary citizens, your income is taxed based on your total assets (including stock), not just on your actual cash money that you receive each year.