According to a summary of the bill released by the Patriotic Millionaires—an advocacy group that helped craft the measure—the wealth tax would have four brackets:

  • 2% for all wealth between 1,000 and 10,000 times median household wealth;
  • 4% for all wealth between 10,000 and 100,000 times median household wealth;
  • 6% for all wealth between 100,000 and 1,000,000 times median household wealth; and
  • 8% for all wealth over 1,000,000 times median household wealth;

"In the unlikely event median household wealth fell below $50,000 from its current level of about $120,000, the thresholds would be fixed at $50 million, $500 million, $5 billion, and $50 billion respectively.”

The legislation would also require at least a 30% IRS audit rate on households affected by the new wealth tax.

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    $100k is 150% of median household income, and I’m talking about individual income. It is the boundary between 3rd and 4th quintiles of household income.

    People are not overtaxed. They are dramatically undertaxed. I say this as a person earning over $100k - it’s not some weird snub. It’s just correct

    https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-household-income-percentiles/

    Rich people do pay taxes on money removed early from 401(k)s, which is why they don’t do that.

    I do strongly support raising taxes on money borrowed against assets over $150k or so

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      Warren Buffett doesn’t pay income tax because he doesn’t earn income.

      The billionaires don’t have a billion in cash, they don’t earn a billion dollars a year. They hold assets worth that much.

      Taxing wealth is the only way to combat the wealth gap.

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        First off you’ll need to define “combat the wealth gap.” Difference between high and low isn’t really a relevant thing.

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      $100k is a bad metric because somebody making $100k in the Bay Are or New York is basically in poverty. I make over $100k and I’m not well off at all. Not even close. And I’m not bad with money, have zero debt, save 15% in the 401k no kids and still things are tight.

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        Yeah federal taxation doesn’t work based on “I should be able to put 15% into my 401(k) and live where I want.”

        $100k is not basically poverty in LA/NY or everyone making under $100k would be below poverty and that’s considerably more than half the population (median household income - that is, generally 2 working adults - of 68k in NYC, and NYC is more expensive than LA).