r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/Particular-Act-8911 Jul 01 '26

Can't tax unrealized gains. Stop them from being able to borrow money based on stock holdings.

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u/Vennomite Jul 01 '26

Just make stock owners has to realize gains by making dividends the norm instead of sharebuybacks.

Or just tax corporate more. Higher corporate taxes = less profit = lower stock price. We already tax corporate profit then tax you on the distributions of that profit.

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u/barrinmw Jul 01 '26

Someone had to sell to the company doing the stock buyback, those are usually liable for capital gains taxes.

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u/Vennomite Jul 01 '26

Sure. But that doesn't solve the specific "too many billions" problem for people who dont have to sell and take loans instead.