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Gerstner argues taxing unrealized gains would require forced liquidity and create situations where people pay taxes then lose everything.
“And then the third point, which you just mentioned, there would be numerous situations where you'd have people pay a tax and then the valuations would collapse.”
Gerstner estimates Trump tax cuts contributed 20% of S&P 500 gains and their expiration would be a headwind.
“some people have estimated that the tax decreases from the Trump tax cuts contributed to about 20% of the gains in the S and P 500.”
Patel reports new Trump tax bill allows year-one GPU depreciation, worth $10 billion annually to Meta alone.
“the new the new Trump, you know, tax bill institutes something really incredible, which is that you can depreciate all of the GPU cluster cost in year one, which we put out, like, a note about how, like, the tax implications to, like, meta are, like, $10,000,000,000 a year. And across each of the major hyperscalers, it's, like, massive.”
Vance claims every Democrat voted against eliminating taxes on tips, Social Security, overtime, and American-made car loans.
“Think about it. Every single Democrat, everyone voted against no taxes on tips, voted against no taxes on Social Security, voted against no taxes on overtime, and voted against no taxes on car loans so long as those cars were made right here in America.”
Vance announces the Trump administration has invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in America through Trump accounts.
“We have invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in The United States Of America, thanks to Trump accounts, which we're very proud of.”