its me or all the argument is you can wait until you realize gain, but if you do so, you also lose the opportunity to invest let's say at 5 percent a year, so I'm not even sure it would be worth it if the stock stays fixed.<p>from my understanding the big issue is that billionaires make loans with their stocks as collateral, so instead of paying the government let's say 30 percent in salary, they will pay 1 or 2% and never pay it back until they die, when they just skip tax and just liquidate stocks ...