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Thresholds + only collateralized loans?

• marcell 5y ago
  Pawnshops are collateralized loans for the poor. If the goal is to tax the rich, just be more direct and tax the rich. A wealth tax would work, no need for elaborate schemes.
  • fastball 5y ago
    > Pawnshops are collateralized loans for the poor. Yes, that's why I said "thresholds". Not suggesting we tax small loans (or a small total value of loans taken out by an individual, regardless of the value of the individual loans). > wealth tax By many people's estimation, a wealth tax is an elaborate scheme, because is unrealized wealth really wealth? If Bezos has $100B in stock but a sale of all that stock would only fetch $60B, do we still tax on $100B? How can someone's wealth be realistically and equitably calculated if it is not realized? Putting fairness aside for a minute, you are probably severely underestimating the overhead / elaborateness of such calculations.