In this YouTube short, Tommy, Catherine Bell, and two other participants discuss the recent proposal to raise capital‑gains tax rates to 55 % and frame it as a boon for investors who use Opportunity Zone Funds. Tommy explains that higher capital‑gains taxes will drive more money into Opportunity Zone projects, which can eliminate the tax liability after ten years. Catherine repeatedly cites the 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich to argue that gratitude toward politicians, plutocrats, and “captains of industry” is essential because their actions create the investment opportunities the speakers seek. The conversation also includes a brief plug for a book they have written and a new advertising campaign to promote it. Throughout, the speakers adopt an enthusiastic, conspiratorial tone, celebrating the tax increase as a free source of capital for their Opportunity Zone strategy while urging listeners to be grateful to the political and economic elite.
Are you in the deal room?
Pay more in capital gains, which then means that the Opportunity Zone Fund program that we're focused on and becoming experts at— and I just ran and did a 60-second video trying to sell our book. I got our new ads team that we just paid a bunch of money to yesterday starting to sell this book today. Okay. On Opportunity Zone Funds, because yes, please raise that tax to 55%. Like, let them raise it as high as they want because I want them to come over here and put their money here. So that in 10 years that eliminates their capital gains tax. Right.
So when we listen back to what The Science of Getting Rich and what he just said, again, I want you to hear it from what he— what Tommy just said inside of that. Again, listen to what they just said. This is so freaking brilliant.
And without a living faith, you cannot get rich by the creative method, as we shall see in the following chapters. It is necessary then to cultivate the habit of being grateful. That comes to you and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. Do not waste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of plutocrats or trust magnates. Their organization of the world has made your opportunity. All you get really comes to you because of them. Do not rage against corrupt politicians. If it were not for politicians, we should fall into anarchy. Your opportunity would be greatly lessened. God has worked a long time and very patiently to bring us up to where we are in industry and government. He is going right on with his work. There is not the least doubt that he will do away with plutocrats, trust magnates, captains of industry, and politicians as soon as they can be spared.
As soon as they can be spared.
They are all very good. Remember that they are all helping to arrange the lines of transmission along which your riches will come to you, and be grateful to them all. This will bring you into harmonious relations with the good in everything, and the good in everything will move toward you.
That's so great. Brilliant. As soon as they can be spared. So great.
I mean, Yes, that's one line. But the point being, it's like, rather than being frustrated that they're doing what they're doing, focusing on that, literally, like Tommy just said, like, you know, raising capital gains, like, what the what? But wait a minute, that brings more— like, right now, they're already at the current capital gains tax bracket. They're saying $19 trillion of capital gains is funneling through the system. This is going to make that $19 trillion grow even more, which for the Opportunity Zone projects is huge.
Yeah, huge.
So like, it's all lining up perfectly. So we love these politicians doing what they're doing because they're helping us actually achieve our goal faster.
