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> It’s a heads I win tails you lose approach. All capital gains taxes are heads-govt-wins. The step up is simply not applying that insanity, for once, at death
by RhysU 3y ago
> It’s a heads I win tails you lose approach.
All capital gains taxes are heads-govt-wins. The step up is simply not applying that insanity, for once, at death. That is, it's marginally sane.
- CPLX 3y agoYes if you think we shouldn’t tax people and not have an healthy modern society with government services and let wealth pile up for tens of generations completely unmolested then you’re right. The problem with that idea is that it’s wrong.
- RhysU 3y agoHow did we go from discussing the step up basis to assuming I want an "unhealthy modern society"?