Comment by triceratops

> There is nothing to tax until they sell some shares.

Why can't they pay tax in shares?* If net worth isn't real it shouldn't really matter...right?

*Please no pedantry about how the IRS doesn't currently accept shares as payment for taxes. If laws can be written to add wealth taxes on stocks and bonds, they can easily have a clause to allow payment in kind. Address the question I'm actually asking.