Capital gains affects San Francisco's middle class too. There's got to be a way to promote wealth generation which is a net benefit to society, while curbing obscene wealth. A blanket tax on capital gains isnt targeted enough - meaning yes the rich wouldn't notice - others would.
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Replying to @HelloMcDonough
Fair point. It would be easy enough to target the tax increase to larger gains and/or higher net worth people to address that concern.
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Replying to @DeanPreston @HelloMcDonough
Soooo… everyone is leaving, and your solution is to tax the remaining folks more and drive all the highest tax payers out?! Well done!
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Replying to @Jason @HelloMcDonough
Leaving where? Most of these ideas would need to be implemented at national/state level. Locally, every tax proposal is met w/ response that rich people/corps will leave; hasn’t been the case. We’re not even close to taxing the wealthy at levels that impact choice of residence.
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Replying to @DeanPreston @HelloMcDonough
You’re position is that people are not leaving San Francisco in droves because of crime, taxes, and regulations?! Really?!
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Replying to @Jason @HelloMcDonough
You are switching topics. Back to taxes: I wrote & we passed Prop I to tax sellers of $10m+ real estate. Already raising ~$150m funding rent relief, social housing, public transit, parks. Nobody has moved out of SF because of Prop I, but many will be able to stay because of it.
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Replying to @DeanPreston @HelloMcDonough
Actually, I was talking to folks impacted by that specific tax and they said it contributed to their giving up on SF. Like very rich folks who feel SF is over. Taxing folks more to live in a city that is dangerous, mismanaged, & that lets criminals run amuck, isn’t a good plan.
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Replying to @Jason @HelloMcDonough
You must be talking to some very confused rich folks if that’s what they are saying. Prop I tax is paid when they sell the $10m+ property. So leaving/selling doesn’t avoid the tax; to the contrary, leaving/selling is what’s being taxed.
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Replying to @DeanPreston @HelloMcDonough
They are not confused at all... they see what you and
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So you think the very rich are leaving because of a tax that I wrote and somehow that’s
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People usually leave for multiple reasons, not just one. What I see is people weighing the quality of life against the costs. For many it isn't netting out.
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Replying to @michelletandler @DeanPreston and
I think this is true. But I'm seeing well paid professionals - basically the SF middle class can't afford to buy property so they're leaving. That means they WANTED TO BUY PROPERTY here; they wanted to stay, but couldn't afford it.
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and as people leave...hopefully prices go down so the upper middle and middle class can afford to stay. Finally, most people are leaving to destinations similar to sf - Austin, Portland, Seattle - they aren't abandoning their values, they're seeking a lower cost of living.
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