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To: DCBryan1
The current top tax rate on capital gains is 20 percent (with the highest earners paying an additional 3.8 percent surtax). The top tax rate on ordinary income is 39.6 percent.

"There's always been the question of whether taxes on capital should be a lot lower than taxes on labor," Gates said. "I tend to think they should be pretty much the same......"

I agree, let's make the top income tax rate 23.8%.

59 posted on 05/02/2016 10:31:21 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

D’oh!
Rich liberals who live off tax sheltered income never thought of that!


61 posted on 05/02/2016 11:22:37 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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