Oddbean new post about login | logout @43d7c4ea @b6548392 @46798d8d I agree that a wealth tax would be slow to implement but the article doesn't even try to address the numerous ways the ultra wealthy avoid income tax. Without broader tax reform to plug the various loopholes an income based next no matter how well meaning taxes workers and many high paid workers are mobile, their skills are in demand internationally. The truly wealthy don't work and move their wealth outside of what is classed as income.