PODCAST: Hexapodia XIV: The Capital Good points Tax

Key Insights:

1. Financial arguments in opposition to greater taxes that will have been considerably believable again within the days of 70% or so most particular person and 40% or so most capital good points tax charges merely don’t apply now.

2. Proper-wing events that do not suppose they’ll credibly make the argument that cosseting their core constituencies is critical for speedy financial progress seek for some non-economic cleavage during which the wealthy and the right-thinking poor, or the right-colored poor, will be on one facet and the individuals who search a fairer and extra equal distribution of earnings and better taxes on the wealthy will be placed on the opposite—let’s all yell about crucial race concept, and perhaps they will not take note of the truth that we simply, you understand, take everyone’s cash.

3. Capital to fund funding is admittedly not a giant constraint proper now—incentivizing financial savings in monetary property actually is simply pushing on a string.

4. Corporations with investments which have excessive societal worth in growth must be correctly incentivized—both by the odor of extra income subsequent 12 months from serving a bigger market with decrease prices of manufacturing by bigger scale, or by the federal government paying and so getting costs righter than the free market will get them.

5. “Doge coin” is pronounced with a tender “g” sound.

6. No, Doge coin just isn’t named after the title of the top of state of the Venetian Republic

7. Doge coin’s title comes from the Homestar Runner line: “I need a doge”…

8. Hexapodia!