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Or, well, I guess "securities-backed" goes a bit further down the ladder than I thought, but the act does have both wealth and income thresholds common to the buy-borrow-die strategy before the tax triggers. $100 million net worth and an otherwise lower effective tax rate on true income
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This particular loophole for the wealthy — taking out loans on their wealth, which they live on, then directing returns toward loan payments so they're never taxed — is an old one that I'm pretty sure involves some very specific vehicles. Closing it presumably targets the vehicle or the collateral 🤞
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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As Napoleon famously said, "An Army marches on the salaries of its contractors."
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
ChatGPT, how many State names would Scooby pronounce with an 'r'?
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM