Comment by delecti
2 days ago
Why not? Net worth is the estimated sell value of a list of assets. It is entirely possible to take those assets, or charge a tax based on that estimated sell value. Why would it even be a little difficult, let alone impossible?
And certainly ceejayoz was being a bit glib by suggesting we take all of it, but it would not be remotely insurmountable to tax billionaire wealth.
Net worth is the estimated value, not sell value. For example, Tesla shares owned by Elon don't have the same value if Elon is leaving, they are less worthy.
> For example, Tesla shares owned by Elon don't have the same value if Elon is leaving, they are less worthy.
This is, ironically, more of a guess/estimate than determining Musk's net worth is. We don't actually know that!