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by dpweb 3827 days ago
* What if I own a house but have no cash? Will I have to sell it and live on the street to pay the taxman? - You do that now. Property taxes.

* What if the ultra-wealthy buy property and then mark it down? - People lie to the IRS now, system still functions.

* A 3% wealth tax is still less than the growth rate of many financial assets. - Not necessarily. Safe stores of huge amounts of money yield very little. I don't know all the implications on interest rates, etc.. but it's an interestng idea.