• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There should be a tax on stock. Not when sokd, not on dividends. On stock that’s stockpiled. 1% of the current rate per share per quarter.

    By the time you are 65, it is suggested to have built up enough investments that you can withdraw 5% annually and cover all your expenses. If you need to cover $40k in annual living expenses, that is $800k in built-up investments for retirement. A 1% tax on that per quarter is an annual $32k tax on this middle class individual. That’s a devastating level of taxation that completely kills any possibility for middle class people to invest for retirement.

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      1 year ago

      Wanna gamble? Pay the fucking price. I don’t give two shits about anyone’s dividends. I literally couldn’t care less.

      You’re deliberately ignoring what I said, and basing these percentages on some average that means nothing. And you know I’m not talking about Average Blue Collar Joe’s “investments.” I’m talking about multi-multi millionaires and billionaires. They want to be obscenely, disgustingly, filthy rich and bribe politicians in our society? Fucking pay.

      #fuckyourdividends