Things I would like to see taxed: Intergenerational wealth transfers (inheritance taxes, estate taxes) Money made by having capital (capital gains) Automated trading Cryptocurrancy mining and capital gains
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There are political, legal, or practical barriers to these but I think it is worth talking about what we would like to see on the top level
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Yeah you can use taxes and fees to modify behavior and that might be a secondary list, but yo my mind the primary target of taxes should be things that happen because of luck
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With a lot of asterisks and fine print, I'd generally like to see 100% taxes on generational wealth transfers, and on cryptocurrency because it's an environmental scourge, but ordinary income taxes on capital gains, HFT, and other investment income.
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Which would be an increase in taxes on investment income in most situations, something O still find mind blowing
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But the big advantage of strong limitations on intergenerational wealth transfers is that it means wealthy parents can best help their kids by making things better for everyone's kids
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An interesting way to go further is to make university admissions based on how well you do in school, but only relative to your class and neighbors. That incentivizes the well-off to put/keep their children In the *lowest* performing class and areas.
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