Errr no. DOGE said it would cut $2 trilliion per year from the annual budget. They have cut $180bn in total spending - but some of the savings are years in the future. They've maybe cut $50bn fr… (View Post)

Wait. Me suggesting houses for millionaires is "just an agenda for left liberalism"? That's... interesting... (View Post)

It doesn't matter if the average family buys it or not, because it means a well off family buys it, which means that they don't buy a home that a slightly less well off family would buy, et… (View Post)

Ummm: that's precisely my point. That widow is using a large house that a family could be using. We'd be (gently) incentivizing her to switch via the tax system. How about we do a deal: no … (View Post)

At the margin, a wealth tax (which would probably end up being levied principally on property) - while giving @HYUFD an aneurism - would almost certainly be mildly positive. If government must raise … (View Post)