Posted on 03/26/2022 4:51:22 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Biden Administration is poised to announce a new tax on the wealthy that could send Elon Musk into orbit.
Biden’s “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” proposal would set a 20 percent tax rate floor on Americans worth more than $100 million — hitting not only their stated income, but also their unrealized gains on stock holdings and other forms of wealth.
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Bills stadium negotiations reportedly moving forward
Looks like the plan to have taxpayers pick up over $1 billion of the cost is going swimmingly.
“The Richest stay that way because they put their $$$ into tax free Educational and Charitable Foundations, thereby reducing their taxable income to less than their secretary pays... at least that is what Warren Buffett told Bill Gates to do.”
This is very common. Not all American billionaires, my guess is 20% go the foundation route.
Billionaires want the mega power to fuel their pet projects... Foundations are the ideal answer! Plus you get to hire all your family and friends to staff your do-gooder foundation. Plus staff gets to fly hither and yon and expense it out.
How about a chomo tax?
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