@jamiealtontw@Glinner "Its only worth what someone thinks it's worth"
And this applies to literally everything in the world, right?
Or is this only the case for BTC?
@Strijder124 De energie transitie is afhankelijk van meer dan olie en gas. Wat gaan we doen als we die grondstoffen niet meer kunnen krijgen? Een windmolen bouwen kunnen we ook niet zonder het buiteland.
@PaulHAMabels Wat een onzin. Alsof Nederland altijd openstond voor de Islam alleen de laatste jaren even niet. Europa is meerdere keren bijna vernietigd door de Islam. Maar ga even lekker verder dromen over iets wat er nooit is geweest.
@BolhuisBart Ik durf mij hand er voor in het vuur te steken dat jij het heel belangrijk vind dat mensen i n Palastine hun eigen cultuur en land kunnen hebben. Maar hier in Nederland is dat natuurlijk idioot.
Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:
You buy a Pokémon card for $50.
Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.
The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."
Government: "Don't care. Pay up."
You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.
Next month? That card drops back to $50.
Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.
That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...
Now picture this.
Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.
But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.
So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.
Gone.
To pay a tax on money that was never real.
Now picture the opposite.
Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.
Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.
He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.
Does the government give him his money back?
No.
Does the government give him his truck back?
No.
Does the government care?
No.
They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.
You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.
You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.
It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.
They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.
There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.
I hope you understand what's at stake.
@BartNijman Dit filmpje legt heel veel uit. China is het daadwerkelijk aan het proberen met de aanleg van vliegvelden. Dit is al tegen gehouden door Amerika.
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