Around half of Silicon Valley startups return less than invested capital. One should presume that effectively all the options at all of those companies end up being worthless, and the employees never get cash from them. Taxing the employees on those options… 

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Replying to @benedictevans @thomaspower
Tax the founders and e biggest shareholders instead.
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Replying to @antonio @thomaspower
That makes even less sense. Everyone should pay taxes on gains. But, only when you actually have the gain.
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Replying to @benedictevans @thomaspower
Assuming there are gains. Employees with stock options (many times) are not liquid enough to acquire their stock options
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Why assume the founders of bigger shareholders are then liquid enough?
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I’m not assuming anything. I just feel the logic is biased. Been on both sides (+investing) of the equation and more often than not, “founding” employees end up paying more than their fair share. Taxing illiquid assets is dumb for sure.
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You said tax one person and not the other. Why?
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