The only people it’s worth it for are the connected billionaires who can scoop up assets cheap while the rest of us end up as serfs.
The only people it’s worth it for are the connected billionaires who can scoop up assets cheap while the rest of us end up as serfs.
The rich pick up assets during g every crash, widening inequality. We need a wealth tax to start reversing some of those gains
Has there ever been an effective wealth tax?
The Netherlands has had one forever, and it is not in economic collapse AFAIK.
It’s not a question of collapse but rather whether said wealth tax causes more capital flight and or evasion/avoidance than it brings in. If enough wealth leaves your country that your tax base is lower and tax revenues are down then that tax isn’t working.
Im not familiar enough with the Netherlands economy or tax structure to talk about it
We need a tax on unrealized gains over a certain amount (as to not screw the 99%).
The 99% don’t have any unrealized gains to begin with. Even people near the top end of that scale who do have investments have all or most of them in retirement accounts where the gains eventually get taxed as income (traditional) or not at all (Roth) instead.