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    1. Saikat Chakrabarti‏ @saikatc Mar 2

      Saikat Chakrabarti Retweeted Paul Graham

      Almost everyone I know who started startups wanted to a) make enough that they could work on what they wanted without worrying about money (like $5-10 million) & b) make something cool. None of them would've cared about what would happen to their $50,000,001 dollar when starting.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1366761772594704390 …

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      Paul GrahamVerified account @paulg
      Replying to @MaxKennerly
      If decreasing the returns from starting a startup never decreases people's interest in doing it, you can prove by induction that you can confiscate all the returns without decreasing their interest.
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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 2
      Replying to @saikatc

      The initial, conscious motives of the median founder are not the only ones that matter. You also care about motives for continuing to work 5 years in, unconscious motives (YC got a spike in applications after The Social Network), and the motives of non-median founders.

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    3. Activist Billionaire.‏ @watchthedais Mar 2
      Replying to @paulg @saikatc

      I think the stronger point to be made here is not whether people would start companies because of this law but whether people would start those companies in America.. especially if they can start anywhere else in the world..

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Mar 2
      Replying to @watchthedais @saikatc

      For example, try this thought experiment: Warren's 2% annual wealth tax is a state rather than federal tax. In that case it's pretty easy to imagine that state losing startups as a result.

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        1. Activist Billionaire.‏ @watchthedais Mar 2
          Replying to @paulg @saikatc

          Exactly

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        2. Saikat Chakrabarti‏ @saikatc Mar 2
          Replying to @paulg @watchthedais

          This is exactly why something like a wealth tax (or, for that matter, things like universal health care) work better at a national level than state, and why I'm less sure about a state-level wealth tax. Details are important in policy making!

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        3. Saikat Chakrabarti‏ @saikatc Mar 2
          Replying to @saikatc @paulg @watchthedais

          In some states, maybe it wouldn't lead to mass flight if the state had enough other advantages built-in. The same way that Silicon Valley took hold in California DESPITE high capital gains taxes and income taxes.

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