• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I feel like banning stock buybacks would have more of a real and long-term effect than just relying on the market to “self-correct”

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      3 months ago

      Tax on realized capital gains above $500k. Capital gains taxed as ordinary income or maybe a higher rate than OI since it isn’t really earned by the investor but by the labor of the employees of the company they “invested” in.