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Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike. (www.voanews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like banning stock buybacks would have more of a real and long-term effect than just relying on the market to “self-correct”

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Tax on realized capital gains above $500k. Capital gains taxed as ordinary income or maybe a higher rate than OI since it isn't really earned by the investor but by the labor of the employees of the company they "invested" in.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

1-month minimum hold time before selling of stocks.