Tyler Cowen (George Mason; Google Scholar), Marriage Markets in Everything (Tax Arbitrage!):

Reddit: Looking to marry someone with $1m+ of short-term capital gains (LA California) for tax savings (I have $1m+ in losses) and split the savings:

I (unfortunately) lost a bunch of money this year with some risky gambles and have ~$1.2m of context of capital losses.

I would like to marry someone with very large ($1m+) short-term capital gains and split the difference on the tax savings.

I am proposing keeping ~40c for every $1 of capital losses I provided for myself and offering you the remainder (~10c or so, $120k context if you are at the highest tax bracket). The formal agreement can be formalized with a lawyer in relation to the marriage.

Slight preference for females but open to males too (preference is just to avoid having to explain why I (straight male) married a man in the future).

Prefer if you are in the LA / Socal Area as that's where I'm located.

Marriage would need to occur before the end of end of this calendar year.

For clarity, despite the heavy losses, I'm not a total loser; make several hundred thousand a year, good job, etc. I'm not that 'risky.' If you're a serious suitor, we can discuss more.

Please DM or chat me with serious inquiries.

(Hat Tip: Gary Lucas)

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