Common Sense Soapbox
About this show
Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.
A Wealth Tax Doesn’t Make Sense
July 25, 2023
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Sarah and Bob discuss investing in fine art. Seamus (and Florida Man) deliver an economics lecture about wealth taxes with gator examples and all. Sarah decides that wealth taxes are a massive invasion of privacy.
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
https://fee.org/articles/why-a-wealth-tax-can-t-solve-our-problems/ https://taxfoundation.org/tax-basics/wealth-tax/ https://taxfoundation.org/wealth-taxes-in-the-oecd/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/progressive-wealth-taxation/ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wealth-tax.asp#:~:text=A%20wealth%20tax%20is%20a%20tax%20levied%20on%20the%20net,value%20of%20a%20taxpayer's%20assets. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/what-is-a-wealth-tax/ https://mises.org/wire/who-pays-wealth-tax-rich-or-poor https://mises.org/power-market/fallacies-behind-wealth-tax
