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by grumpitron 5y ago
Citation needed on “wanted to make the world population less”. Much of the work his foundation does is vaccination and other health initiatives in developing countries in order to extend lives.
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by grumpitron 5y ago
Those ARE real numbers - though we may disagree on how likely those levels of inflation are. Does higher inflation increase capital gains tax bills? Yes, we'll agree on that. Do capital gains impact more people than any proposed wea
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by grumpitron 5y ago
It does not turn into a wealth tax. A wealth tax is a tax on the entire value of the property. A capital gains tax is a tax on the gains. The only, extremely narrow situation in which they’re the same for a particular investment is when
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by grumpitron 5y ago
What you're describing is a wealth tax, not capital gains. Capital gains taxes are applied to gains on capital, not to held property.
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by grumpitron 5y ago
I think it's even narrower than you point out, as it should be 250K of gains, not just of stock sales. If I, for example, sell 260K of an index fund that I bought for 240K, I shouldn't owe this tax. However, if I sell 260K of st
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by grumpitron 5y ago
It looks like Oregon has a 9.9% capital gains tax, so moving to Portland would add to the tax bill of founders relocating before selling their company instead of reducing it.
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by grumpitron 6y ago
You may be able to donate them to a charity, which the Board might be more likely to approve since it doesn’t imply the company is worthless. Maybe someone on the board is on the board of a charity, too. Also just a quick note that this wo
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by grumpitron 6y ago
Gunnar glasses have helped me a lot. They are kind of pricey, but the difference has been kind of incredible. My headaches are also much worse if I’m not sleeping enough, and they have helped when I don’t really have much choice on how mu
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by grumpitron 6y ago
To be fair, I know at least a handful of people who are not in poverty but seem to prefer low quality / low price options to those that are more expensive.
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by grumpitron 6y ago
My read of it was that CloudFlare is a threat to both the open internet and TOR, not that TOR was also a threat to the open internet.
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by grumpitron 6y ago
Also, my colleagues called my Gunnars my "hunting glasses" because both have a yellow tint to them.
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by grumpitron 6y ago
I recently listened to a series of podcasts where this was mentioned on Our Fake History, though my recollection was that he seemed to think the story's accuracy was questionable.