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Comment by MisterKent

2 days ago

I hate this argument.

Would you rather have 1M dollars in cash or 10B in stock that you can't sell?

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m_arnold  2 days ago

Depends -- can I use the 10B as collateral?

  • philipallstar  2 days ago

    You can do it today. Start a company, issue ten billion and one shares to yourself and convince someone to buy one of them for a dollar. Now enjoy your net worth-based tax bill.

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