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To: Alberta's Child

There are longterm capital gains tax increases as well.


20 posted on 11/08/2012 5:13:40 AM PST by Chgogal (Obama helped murder US Navy SEALs.)
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To: Chgogal

That increase would be relatively minor. Dividends would be taxed as ordinary income, while the top capital gains tax rate would rise from 15% to 20%. Interestingly enough, a large gap between income and capital gains tax rates would result in a climate that encouraged highly speculative investments that offered no income up front but some prospects for long-term growth. This was exactly the scenario that led to the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.


24 posted on 11/08/2012 4:51:19 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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