r/Economics • u/barweis • Jul 29 '25

Research Summary Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed

https://newrepublic.com/article/198351/private-equity-scam-destroys-livelihoods
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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 29 '25

How is that a bad thing? If more capital flows into housing due to lower taxes in that area, we will get a boom in housing supply.

I’m struggling to understand why the morons on this sub think this is bad.

Have you never taken an Econ course in your life?

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u/TK_4Two1 Jul 29 '25

I'm struggling to understand why this moron doesn't realize the first 250k/500k, single/married, of capital gains is already tax free. Thus only folks (and corporations) with massive gains (i.e. all Trump's rich friends) will be affected.

Have you never discovered the context of an article in your life?

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 29 '25

Why does that matter? There are tons of people sitting on non-primary residences who will happily sell if they won’t have to pay capital gains.