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To: Darth Hillary
Suspend the capital gains tax rate for two years

And money will flow into the market like manna from heaven.

Are you sure about that? What about the stock investors who have long-term investments with next to nothing for the cost basis? Doesn't this just give them an out to sell the stocks and remove the funds from the stock market?

42 posted on 09/30/2008 7:13:08 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner
Doesn't this just give them an out to sell the stocks and remove the funds from the stock market?

Replace your word 'remove' with 'reallocate' and there you have the genius of the plan. The market, when unfettered by regulation, ALWAYS allocates resources where most needed.

48 posted on 09/30/2008 7:17:31 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Obviously, liberals can't handle a strong, independent woman.)
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To: CatOwner
Doesn't this just give them an out to sell the stocks and remove the funds from the stock market?

If you as an investor sell stocks to another investor, the funds that you took "out of" the stock market were replaced by the funds that another investor put "into" the stock market.

174 posted on 09/30/2008 9:34:47 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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