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The thing is, they could make stock investing much easier than it currently is, but the government doesn't allow it.

They would just need to shift the tax burden to stock exchanges instead of to people. Just this change would make it more likely for people to start investing.

Yes. Taxes should be indirect and not direct. Tax like property tax, but not income and investing tax. But government has been bankrupt and trying to make money back. Instead of letting hte money go around and create more prosperity. Hopefully crypto will do this.