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Old 03-05-2009, 06:05 PM   #1
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Yes, you should definitely place higher taxes on the fruits of a positive behavior. That'll teach people to save and invest more.

I find it strange that the people who most often support raising capital gains taxes are the least likely to understand how a capital gain is realized in the first place. It seems the usual reaction is 'someone has money making money??? let's take some from those rich bastards!'
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Old 03-05-2009, 09:18 PM   #2
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Yes, you should definitely place higher taxes on the fruits of a positive behavior. That'll teach people to save and invest more.

I find it strange that the people who most often support raising capital gains taxes are the least likely to understand how a capital gain is realized in the first place. It seems the usual reaction is 'someone has money making money??? let's take some from those rich bastards!'
Or "Let's penalize people for investing in Malaysian sweatshops".

Split it between stateside investments (lower capital gains) and overseas investments (higher capital gains). Anything in a grey area to be considered overseas.
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Old 03-06-2009, 04:37 PM   #3
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Why would that be a good thing?
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Old 03-06-2009, 08:40 PM   #4
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Yes, you should definitely place higher taxes on the fruits of a positive behavior. That'll teach people to save and invest more.
Good frigging God that says it all......
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