Capital Gains Taxes Destroy Wealth
Channel: Common Sense Soapbox
Date: 2023-06-27

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Florida Man finds the capital gains tax unfair, as it punishes his financial acumen. Although Sarah argues it forces the rich to pay their ‘fair share,’ Seamus explains it’s anything but — especially when it comes to inflation.
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CREDITS: 
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/capital-gains-tax-preference-ended-not-expanded/
https://www.stlouisfed.org/en/publications/regional-economist/july-1995/should-we-ax-the-capital-gains-tax
https://www.hoover.org/research/capital-gains-tax-hike-no-gains-no-fairness
https://www.cato.org/commentary/capital-gains-tax-threat
https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/its-time-stop-taxing-inflation-and-start-indexing-capital-gains
https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-066.pdf