You have to try to understand what is going on before you can make such a demand. Almost everything people think are loopholes are safety nets for regular people that you just wish didn't apply to rich people. I agree, the tax system needs work, and the wealthy should be paying more, but I don't think forcing people to sell off their assets to pay taxes on the assets they haven't sold is in any way reasonable. Imagine for a moment a middle class person starts a company, puts it in the stock market, is hugely successful, and suddenly their net worth has skyrocketed. If they have a modest salary but their stocks are now worth millions, the only way that person could possibly pay taxes on that wealth increase is by selling some stock. And who is going to be able to afford that newly expensive stock? Already rich people. Congratulations, you just accelerated the concentration of wealth. I'm sure that's what you intended, right?