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Comment by cjlars

9 years ago

Inflation is not deductible, so the US (and most other countries) have defacto wealth taxes to the tune of INFLATION RATE * CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATE, or roughly 0.48% annually to high earners in the USA.

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