This feels a little like one of those situations where a privileged group has their privilege taken away, and mistakes it for being discriminated against."It's okay when we're doing it but not when someone else is doing it."
This feels a little like one of those situations where a privileged group has their privilege taken away, and mistakes it for being discriminated against."It's okay when we're doing it but not when someone else is doing it."
They're not. There are five countries with a higher GDP per capita.Because Americans can do one thing, and that's their job. They do them very well on average and are way more productive in hours worked, and for a nation of our size, our productivity. In that they are number one.
Sucks to be them.This feels a little like one of those situations where a privileged group has their privilege taken away, and mistakes it for being discriminated against.
Those 5 countries are:They're not. There are five countries with a higher GDP per capita.
Yeah, because it was just you saying something about taxes and that's all you had. You think I'm going to take your opinion on taxes by you simply just claiming you're right?You literally asked me to provide a source. Now you're whining that I did what you asked.
Hmm, yet it's less than... income tax, for example. Why do we expect wealth accrued through share price rises-- which requires no effort or work-- to be taxed at a lower rate than wages?
There's a whole Wikipedia article about how the United States also can be considered a tax haven. To what extent that is true compared to the other countries is obviously subject to discussion.Those 5 countries are:
1) Luxemburg (Tax Haven)
2) Switzerland (Tax Haven)
3) Ireland (Tax Haven)
4) Norway (Oil)
5) Singapore (Trade middlemen)
I have. Along with Rutger Bregman's assertion that GDP in general is not that useful a measurement. If you (or @Gergar12 since he brought the subject up) have a better suggestion of what to use I am all ears.Have you considered the possibility that high GDP per capita might not be a serious measurement for personal productivity?
Dude, I don't give a shit. But if you ask me to do something, you cannot then moan about the fact I did it.Yeah, because it was just you saying something about taxes and that's all you had. You think I'm going to take your opinion on taxes by you simply just claiming you're right?
Person_A also has another advantage over 99.99% of everyone else on earth. He's a centimillionaire. Methinks that renders this disadvantage somewhat immaterial.If Person_A has to spend 25% on unrealized gains and Person_B doesn't; Person_B has quite the advantage in investing. I don't have problem with fixing the stock market, taxing unrealized gains is not how you do that.
I'm talking about the other 0.01%, I'm not talking about John, the owner of Johnny's Pizza. Why would you prefer non-American citizens to have an advantage?Person_A also has another advantage over 99.99% of everyone else on earth. He's a centimillionaire. Methinks that renders this disadvantage somewhat immaterial.
Did you know that nonresident aliens still have to pay US taxes on US income? Seems like a solutionI'm talking about the other 0.01%, I'm not talking about John, the owner of Johnny's Pizza. Why would you prefer non-American citizens to have an advantage?
Aggregate power per capita in theory. But no, there is no perfect measure, but I specifically stated small states don't count. Because if your a small state that can speak English and is located in a good area, you can make a bank doing very little.There's a whole Wikipedia article about how the United States also can be considered a tax haven. To what extent that is true compared to the other countries is obviously subject to discussion.
I have. Along with Rutger Bregman's assertion that GDP in general is not that useful a measurement. If you (or @Gergar12 since he brought the subject up) have a better suggestion of what to use I am all ears.
You're deeply concerned about the advantage that a foreign 100-millionaire might have over a US-based 100-millionaire, are you? Diddums. I'm happy to tell you that both groups would still find it exceptionally easy and lucrative to invest.I'm talking about the other 0.01%, I'm not talking about John, the owner of Johnny's Pizza. Why would you prefer non-American citizens to have an advantage?
Thanks. This is a great rebuttal to the "women aren't allowed to be villains in media anymore" lie.Keeps getting worse for JARB.
Did you know that nonresident aliens still have to pay US taxes on US income? Seems like a solution
Foreign investors aren't required to be nonresident aliens or subject to US taxes.Besides which, as MysteriousGX says, nonresidents still pay US tax on US income.
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So to be clear: you're talking about a scenario in which the investor lives abroad and the investor's home country doesn't levy an unrealised gains tax. Is that right?Foreign investors aren't required to be nonresident aliens or subject to US taxes.
I don't really care what the investor's home country does or doesn't do, the US wouldn't be getting capital gains tax revenue from them.So to be clear: you're talking about a scenario in which the investor lives abroad and the investor's home country doesn't levy an unrealised gains tax. Is that right?
The US still could. Countries tax income made in their own country by those who live abroad all the time, often with Double Tax Arrangements and credit systems in place to ensure the combined total isn't excessive.
Uhrm right, but we're talking about unrealised gains tax. Are you agreeing with me that there's nothing stopping the US collecting it from nonresidents, then?I don't really care what the investor's home country does or doesn't do, the US wouldn't be getting capital gains tax revenue from them.
Nonresident aliens aren't subject to U.S. capital gains tax and no money will be withheld by the brokerage firm.