While he was still a long way off his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;he ran to his son threw his arms around him and kissed him.Luke15:20
I’m really interested in real estate and have ventured into investing a fair amount so far. I kept my first home as a rental property and I’ve purchased or developed 3 buildings that my businesses occupy. I realize I have a lot to learn and I’m thankful for the X community
why not just raise income tax rates?
because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”.
you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from citizens.
you’re calling it a “wealth tax” or a “billionaires tax” or “millionaires tax” or whatever nom du jour polls well. but at the end of the day, it’s the seizure of private property from citizens by the government. citizens that earned money, paid their fair taxes on those earnings (53% if they live in California) and are now being told they need to hand over after-tax assets because the government has failed to provide promised services with the revenue it’s collected, and are now re-casting their own failure to be a socio-economic inequity that must be justly resolved... a slippery slope that has never gone anywhere good (see economic effects in USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, France and Norway wealth tax etc.)
the American founders fled tyranny in Europe and this amazing nation was populated by immigrants (myself and your parents) from around the world not just looking for a “better life” but for a place where they could have freedom from tyrannical governments that can take what they want from private citizens. a great nation borne of property rights, the rule of law, and endowed freedoms to believe, speak, or act. these principles led to the greatest run of innovations, successes, and widespread increase in prosperity, for all citizens, ever seen.
the citizens, the individuals, not the institutions, delivered this progress. those who invented, who toiled, who bled, who sacrificed, who took risk and persevered, who led, and who changed the world, are not charlatans, kleptocrats, or oligarchs. they’re what made us all better off. prosperity is a measure of america’s success, not its failure.
it is your principle that is so offensive, as evidenced by the broad disdain for your flippant flirtation with the darkest of human fantasy - socialism. you and other neo-socialists have led so many of us to reflect on America’s history and what it is becoming. that now leads so many to consider, so unnecessarily, leaving their homes for a place where everyone stands up to shout down the principle you suggest. because if your ideas are now considered moderate, it’s clear this titanic is sinking.
that a “simple tax” of taking assets that have been earned, through toil and tribulation, rightly taxed, and preserved, should now be unjustly seized, is your solution to a problem of obvious government mismanagement and outright fraud, tells us that your true motivation lies not in giving people healthcare but in cutting down success and deleting the system of prosperity and opportunity for all.
i don’t care, and neither should anyone else, what the sum total market value of a private citizens private assets might be. it is none of my business and should be none of yours. because, again, once you open that pandora’s box, we might as well study Lord of the Flies … there is literally nothing stopping 51% of citizens demanding that their government go out and seize 100% of the private property of the 49%.
want to give healthcare to people in need? do your job and fix healthcare. make it affordable. want to be lazy about it? then do your job lazily and raise income taxes.
want to take private property from private citizens who have paid their fair share of taxes and legally earned their property, then honestly declare that it is envy, not inequity, that you strive to resolve…
The dental industry is transitioning to a more flexible multi-dentist model. I’d be willing to bet you’ll have more success in growing markets with 3500 sqft spaces than the traditional 1500-2000 sqft. The industry aims for 350sqft per tx room and most sophisticated players are looking for 7-12 tx rooms.
It’s because of the eye test that every viewer puts teams through. The less you watch a team the more you hold them accountable to the eye test. SMU and Indiana were difficult for average viewers to watch this year while Alabama and Ole Miss played multiple “must-see” games throughout the year. Texas also played in multiple big games and though they took 2 losses to Georgia; they passed the eye test. They “belonged.”
SMU and Indiana failed their tests in the biggest moment. Now watch and see if Texas passes
@realEstateTrent Growing up with incredibly hard working parents who instilled the same trait in my sister and I was a huge leg up. Professionally, nothing was more significant than finding a rural community that struck lightning in a barrel type growth. A rising tide lifts all boats
@aaronmurray11 Being that they were down 17-6 at that point, I believe the thought was GT will score another touchdown in this game. Getting 3 scores plus 2 pt conversion would tie 24-24. And if GT kicked a FG then 20-6 still makes it a 14 point game. Seemed like the right call to me.