"Eisboch" wrote:

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:"wf3h" wrote in message news:28a17e74-ce4b-455d-b265-
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:the BIG difference is that NONE of my income is from capital gains!!
:how much of middle class income do you think comes from capital gains?
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Start taxing capital gains at an even more confiscatory level and see
just what happens to "much of middle class" retirement.

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:that's EXACTLY why the rich set up this system...so they wouldnt have
:to pay taxes, knowing full well that most of THEIR income is from
:capital gains, while middle class income comes from actually WORKING
:for a living
:

Yes, the wealthy never do anything, do they? Makes you wonder how
they got and stayed wealthy...

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:It's amazing to me to witness the different views of capital gains and
:capital gains taxes.
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:Some see it your way. Others see the reduction of the capital gains
enalty (taxes) as a means to encourage investment into the general economy
:which, turns out, promotes growth, employment and new opportunities.
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:The fact that you have never figured out how to take advantage of it doesn't
:mean it's bad for all.
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In point of fact, capital gains is a PUNITIVE tax. The rich didn't
put it in place. Morons like Eisboch did.

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