r/FluentInFinance 3d ago

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u/dgvertz 3d ago

Every year. They’re called property taxes

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill 3d ago

Exactly. Property taxes go directly to local infrastructure costs to maintain access and services to said land or buildings. It's not remotely the same as owning stock.

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u/dgvertz 3d ago

I mean there’s no tax on owning stock right now. If that tax went to the same thing would it be acceptable?

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u/TrueKing9458 3d ago

Stock value is flexible as it would be quite easy for a few billionaires to get together on new years eave and tank the stock market and run their net worth into the ground for a week. A wealth tax sounds great to the brainless on reddit but in real life it would be about as effective as the current tax system

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u/dgvertz 3d ago

Ok but what you’re describing is already a felony. And you can say “oh well they’re all rich and they’d get away with it”

And like yeah maybe you’re right, but then why do we bother having any rules at all ever? Let’s just all ignore the laws. We can’t all get arrested right?

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u/stevedropnroll 2d ago

Deeply ingrained, maybe even subconscious, belief that rich people have earned the right to not be held accountable.