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Kamala Harris proposes $50,000 tax credit for small businesses. https://image.nostr.build/342bf951404d3af4b278adaa300e544d845558ec196b38ca605e80c8d300effa.jpg  
 what is a tax credit?  
 Her plan would allow small business to deduct up to $50k for expenses related to the business, like startup costs, from their year-end tax bill. 
 Ah ok, that sounds interesting. Reducing taxes is a start, hopefully they stop also with the unrealized gains. 
thanks for the explanation.  
 Tax credits are a joke; they unfairly give to some at the expense of others. 
 It’s a coupon for up to $50k 
 Let asset prices rip 
 I started a business based on one of these rules by Barack. One Million others did too. It looked really good on paper. But then, after the grace period, 80% of my tax credited colleagues couldn’t handle the tax burden. I was lucky enough to find a buyer. These incentives are creating a government dependence. Doesn’t go down well with the declaration of… Exactly… Independence…