It’s almost like commenters take their preconceived notions about the author and then go hilariously overboard about the perceived message.

Libertarianism is a wet dream for lonely 20 somethings. Without government, the market doesn’t function. Anyone who’s studied modern history can tell you that rampant wealth inequality is far worse for the economy than taxing the super rich.

He’d have to renounce citizenship first. I’ll wait.

That’s the same mindset that the antivaxxers perpetuate. If it’s not a 100% effective solution, you’re better off with no solution at all.

Absolutely no one is suggesting that the wealthy pay all of their earnings back in taxes, far from it.

If a minor tax on roughly 700 people in the US is going to collapse the financial system, then the system itself is already broken beyond repair. The scare tactics on this thread are hilarious.

Then why are tax rates half of what they were 60 years ago?

Grow up

Wealthy people already leverage their holdings to secure financing. They do this solely to avoid taxes. If they can use it, we should be able to tax it.

The plan already does that, so no need to worry.

There is absolutely no plan to tax the 401k of middle class Americans, full stop. The threshold for the tax is tens of millions of dollars, but thanks for the scare tactics.

It’s also childish to use stock as compensation to purposely avoid paying taxes. The idea is to tax over a certain threshold, at the end of the tax year. We’re talking tens of millions of dollars, and then it’s something like 20%, minus deductions. 

The plan is not to tax all unrealized capital gains. It’s to tax them over a fairly large threshold, were talking tens of millions, so your 401k will be spared. It’s just scare tactics to convince the middle class that rich people are too special to pay taxes.

The billionaire selling government-subsidized luxury items isn’t likely to get much sympathy outside of the Tesla-stan echo chamber.

Makes you wonder how Teslas will hold up to rental fleet abuse. 

It’s a gamble, that’s for sure. Maybe it will pay off big, who knows? But it won’t be cheap for renters, that’s a guarantee.

Until there are as many charging stations as gas pumps, I wouldn't hold my breath on it being any better.

You’re not taking into account the lost revenue as the cars sit at a charger when renters bring them back low. They'll certainly bake that into the "refuelling" fee. Unless they have a charger for every car, this needs to be a financial consideration for Hertz.

It’s not just the cost of the charge, though. It’s the lost revenue while that car sits on a charger, or waiting for a charger. They will basically charge whatever they like, and renters will pay it because they won’t have much choice, at least at airport locations.

But you still have to recharge the car before you return, right? Since it will take considerably longer for Hertz to return a Tesla to a “full tank” than an ICE vehicle, that’s money lost for them if you don’t return it full. I’d wholly expect then to charge some exorbitant amount of % of battery left uncharged when…