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The rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easily
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Also of interest: Taxes aren't paid on stock buybacks which is why they became popular.
They’re not taxed because they used to be illegal and they shouldn’t ever be taxed because they should be made illegal again.
The same way prospect (futures) markets should be illegal, as well as options. The rich apparently couldn't make enough with regular stocks so they had to build gambling into it, and then inside trade to make sure they won.
Burn it down.
Should probably do both for when they inevitably become legal again.
If it’s good enough for weed at the federal level I guess it’s also good enough for cash.
Because that used to be illegal so there was no need to tax it