According to a summary of the bill released by the Patriotic Millionaires—an advocacy group that helped craft the measure—the wealth tax would have four brackets:

  • 2% for all wealth between 1,000 and 10,000 times median household wealth;
  • 4% for all wealth between 10,000 and 100,000 times median household wealth;
  • 6% for all wealth between 100,000 and 1,000,000 times median household wealth; and
  • 8% for all wealth over 1,000,000 times median household wealth;

"In the unlikely event median household wealth fell below $50,000 from its current level of about $120,000, the thresholds would be fixed at $50 million, $500 million, $5 billion, and $50 billion respectively.”

The legislation would also require at least a 30% IRS audit rate on households affected by the new wealth tax.

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    Wealth taxes are super easy to avoid, so I’d much rather see something like cap gains+“luxury” sales/income taxes and such, but it’s a step in the right direction

    Now raise taxes on everyone making over 100k and we’re really cooking with gas

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      $100k aint that much and those people already have a heafty tax burden. Plus luxury taxes are easily avoided when yachts and planes are purchased in the Bahamas. What we need are 50% taxes on the money they borrow against their assets. Want to buy another mansion? Cool 50% tax on the money Goldman Sachs lends you against your Amazon stock. If I have to pay a tax to borrow against my 401k so should these assholes.

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        $100k is 150% of median household income, and I’m talking about individual income. It is the boundary between 3rd and 4th quintiles of household income.

        People are not overtaxed. They are dramatically undertaxed. I say this as a person earning over $100k - it’s not some weird snub. It’s just correct

        https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-household-income-percentiles/

        Rich people do pay taxes on money removed early from 401(k)s, which is why they don’t do that.

        I do strongly support raising taxes on money borrowed against assets over $150k or so

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          Warren Buffett doesn’t pay income tax because he doesn’t earn income.

          The billionaires don’t have a billion in cash, they don’t earn a billion dollars a year. They hold assets worth that much.

          Taxing wealth is the only way to combat the wealth gap.

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            First off you’ll need to define “combat the wealth gap.” Difference between high and low isn’t really a relevant thing.

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          $100k is a bad metric because somebody making $100k in the Bay Are or New York is basically in poverty. I make over $100k and I’m not well off at all. Not even close. And I’m not bad with money, have zero debt, save 15% in the 401k no kids and still things are tight.

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            Yeah federal taxation doesn’t work based on “I should be able to put 15% into my 401(k) and live where I want.”

            $100k is not basically poverty in LA/NY or everyone making under $100k would be below poverty and that’s considerably more than half the population (median household income - that is, generally 2 working adults - of 68k in NYC, and NYC is more expensive than LA).

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      But income tax on paper is already higher for the $100k tax bracket than what the ultra rich pay. The ultra rich do everything in their power to not have an “income”. Hence why there’s this effort of taxing wealth instead.