• gamer@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    about to pass a 100% tax on all wealth over a billion dollars

    Here’s the first sentence of that article that you didn’t read:

    A 70% marginal tax rate. A 77% estate tax. A 3% tax on every dollar over $1 billion of net worth.

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      5 days ago

      It doesn’t matter.

      He can say anything, anything at all, because he knows tax laws are never going to change.

      His words are completely inconsequential apart from serving as good PR.

      ABAB

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        5 days ago

        serving as good PR.

        Why would Buffet need “good PR”? He’s a trader who just buys and sells shit all day. If anything, something like this would be bad PR as rich people wouldn’t want to invest in his companies.

        ABAB

        I agree, but I feel you’re just swinging at the air here.