We need to talk about this until the media deigns to mention it. The major innovation hubs have paper millionaires (and billionaires) whose "wealth" is primarily ownership of their own fast-growing companies. Do we want them forced to liquidate or take massive loans against that?https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1193218506491228160 …
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The incentives will change, and "obscene" accumulations of wealth will become less attractive, but would not necessarily deter ambitious people from attempting to "win" at whatever they take up. Seems to me like a more important motivation for transformative success.
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Nobody is going to stop building companies, they'll just do it somewhere where they can still maintain ownership over their own companies over 1-2 decades, and they'll get funding from investors who aren't scrambling to sell off the fund chunk by chunk annually
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Don't forget that it would give rich US investors a 2/6 point discount rate handicap vs foreigners pursuing the same deal. Who will pay for the wall she'll need to build to prevent 100% foreign ownership of US assets?
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Yes but you will feed kids in the process.
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Just think of all the meat we'll have when we murder the golden goose
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I am a founder and I am not remotely deterred by the idea of higher taxes on extreme success. Not even a little. I dont know a single successful founder who is motivated primarily by the money.
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I would really, really not advertise the fact that you don't particularly mind losing your stake in your own company when you're seeking investment
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You are actually understating the problem. As soon as it is implemented valuations will fall. In fact it will start to happen as soon as the probability of a wealth tax becomes high.
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They won’t fall, they will drop, like a rock, it will be a financial calamity.
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