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PatsFanInVa · 01-31-2010, 06:49 AM

Ah... then we'll consider the 15%-to-20% range to be the range under cosideration. Gotcha, you were using an imaginary cap gains tax to illustrate a belief about incentives and a top marginal 90% rate.

I'll come back and get all pissy if in fact there's reason to.

If not, it is astounding to me that when push comes to shove we seem to be way closer on tax positions (speaking for you, BSR, and me,) than our previous conversations would have indicated. Either makes you guys socialists or makes me a corporate shill, not sure which.

PFnV

***Wolfpack*** · 01-31-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanInVa

Ah... then we'll consider the 15%-to-20% range to be the range under cosideration. Gotcha, you were using an imaginary cap gains tax to illustrate a belief about incentives and a top marginal 90% rate.

I'll come back and get all pissy if in fact there's reason to.

If not, it is astounding to me that when push comes to shove we seem to be way closer on tax positions (speaking for you, BSR, and me,) than our previous conversations would have indicated. Either makes you guys socialists or makes me a corporate shill, not sure which.

PFnV

Well, everyone hates taxes (and no one moreso than myself) but I certainly recognize the fact that the government needs revenue. I just find it frightening when roughly 25% of people taking part in a poll indicate that they want the top marginal rate to be 70% or greater.

These same people don't seem to realize the super-rich don't get to be super-rich because of their actual salaries. They pretend not to be interested in taxing capital gains at such a high rate, but they are not fooling anyone.