Disruptive

Critique of capital gains taxes

I suppose my number one biggest critique of capital gains, capital gains taxes that it kind of dis incentivize you from taking certain financial and economic risks, simply because you are afraid of triggering a taxable event?

And then the annoyance is that as an individual, it motivates you from acting in such a way that you avoid triggering capital gains taxes events, therefore incentivizing you to do nothing? 

Incentive to be lazy?

for example, if I have like $2 million assets, I see a big gain investment opportunity… I feel disincentivized to sell the $2 million of assets, and to invest in something else,