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		carlob 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electric bill may be paying for big data centers' ... > just be paid on the individual side by capital gains When you are rich enough you can just borrow using your wealth as collateral and never incur in capital gains.

charcircuit 28 days ago | [–]

You will have had to pay taxes on the money you use to pay off the loan.

whimsicalism 28 days ago | | [–]

not if it is just another loan

whimsicalism 28 days ago | [–]

agreed but imo this is orthogonal to corporate taxation and needs a mark2market solution, at minimum when an asset is used as collateral.

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