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In reply to the discussion: If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...? [View all]Frasier Balzov
(5,151 posts)14. Rolling tranches over six months can be resold.
Managed liquidity so the sell side of the market doesn't drive the price down.
I imagine many employees will be hanging onto their shares indefinitely.
Those long-term holdings will be marginable, so they can be collateral for borrowings which can support an upgrade to lifestyles with very favorable tax treatment.
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If you gave the bottom 300 million people in this country $3,000 each...? [View all]
kentuck
12 hrs ago
OP
"..the markets would panic..." a very few people now having the financial gravitational pull of a black hole.
harumph
11 hrs ago
#10
Are the employees allowed to cash in their windfall or is it just on paper??? nt
in2herbs
11 hrs ago
#9
Interesting proposition. Too bad we can't do national level grass roots ballot initiatives.
dutch777
11 hrs ago
#8
To have all that money, and not distribute it to ease pain and suffering
Grim Chieftain
10 hrs ago
#12
It would be a serious boost to the economy bc poor people would spend it on necessities
ms liberty
10 hrs ago
#17
I'm sure that Musk pays a high tax rate on that $54K annual salary that he collects at SpaceX.
OGBuzz
9 hrs ago
#25
Their GDP is real. His is paper. A figment of imaginations he can't tap without crashing it. Big difference.
paleotn
9 hrs ago
#28
Tesla trades 45-60 million shares daily. He can tap as much as he needs without crashing anything. There will be similar
OGBuzz
9 hrs ago
#31