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On 11/24/11 11:32 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:59:37 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:56:31 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:52:05 -0500, wrote:

you're ignoring the whole point to the difference between tax rates
and marginal tax rates. middle class tax rates are 28%. that is a
fact.

What is the effective tax rate? (What you actually pay)
I showed you it is 12% or less for a couple ,making $100,000.

the effective tax rate depends on ALOT of factors, many of which the
right wants to elmiinate for the middle class in favor of cutting
taxes for the wealthy.

aint no right winger talking about eliminating middle class taxes like
they are capital gains

Some of us actually invested our money and like lower capital gains
taxes.

I think a slightly lower tax rate on *long-term* capital gains
encourages investment and I favor it. I think short-term capital gains
should be taxed at a much, much higher rate in order to discourage
speculation. There are societal reasons to encourage long-term
investments and very few to encourage speculators.