Matt Mahan
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2,299 appearances
5 recordings
5 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 22 May
Matt Mahan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We've seen over a trillion dollars of capital flight.
I'm interested in what works.
And what works in this case is, and I know it's harder, but if we're going to be intellectually honest about this, we need to fight at the federal level over things like what should the capital gains tax rate be?
I don't believe you should be able to borrow endlessly against your appreciated assets and never have to pay a capital gain.
That's a huge loophole.
I don't believe Elon Musk should be able to pass $500 billion worth of appreciated stock onto his kids, have it rebased at $500
market rate the day that they inherit it, they can turn around and sell it and pay no capital gains.
That's wrong.
So there's a lot we can do to deal with the wealth inequality in this country.
But a wealth tax targeting 200 people in one state is doomed to backfire and mean higher costs for middle class families.
It's not about defending the billionaires though.
It's just like – I mean you have to think about the second-order effects of things.
And the truth is – I mean again, we've got to be honest with people and trust that people are smart.
People will get it.
They will – if you are – if you respect them enough to tell them the truth –
I think you, over time, break through and people get it.
It won't be the billionaires who pay this tax if it's passed.
It'll be the rest of us.
Yeah, yeah, they are.
They're in favor of a lot of things that don't make sense, frankly, and they'd rather blame Donald Trump for all of our problems.
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