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smallmancontrov 22 days ago

Yes, but that's only the long term part of the plan. The short term part of the plan is that the marginal propensity to consume drops with income. Poor people earn and spend all their money, both of which are heavily taxed, while rich people "earn" capital gains and invest all their money, neither of which are taxed.

Here's how investment isn't taxed: take out a loan collateralized against the assets with unrealized gains. If the investment works, it can service its own interest, which is deductible. If it doesn't, the capital loss offsets the capital gain made by selling the collateral. Both cases result in approximately zero tax.

This is nuts.

eudamoniac 22 days ago | parent [-]

Poor people pay no income tax. It isn't "heavily taxed."

smallmancontrov 21 days ago | parent [-]

They pay payroll and consumption tax, which are quite steep compared to the 0% tax bracket for mega billionaires.