US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul

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US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul
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What we need is a controlling asset tax, 99.9% tax on the value of assets controlled beyond $100m

0.1% of a billion dollars is still 10m. Since we're on track to see our first trillionaires soon, I'd argue we need a 100% tax bracket as well. 0.1% of a trillion is 10 billion.

Wouldn't matter, 99.9 is enough to trash these fortunes within a few years.

We need to change how stocks work. Separate investing in a company and buying control. That way we can tax unrealized capital gains. Put a 100M$ cap on personal wealth. Since the argument against it is always that people will lose control of companies if they're forced to sell stock. Either that or ban stock as a medium of anything other than investing in the company. No using it as collateral, no trading it, just straight back to the company for what it's worth.