Re: Liberals: Defend capital gains taxes

>>>>> Lord Gow333, Conservative Fullback! writes:

   Lord> "Patrick Karl" <jpkarl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
   news> fud46t$i4u$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   >> E.F. Hokie wrote:
   >>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:15:32 -0500, Chris Bellomy wrote...
   >>> 
   >>>> Joey Telemachus wrote, On 4/18/08 11:08 PM:
   >>>>> Why should the government get a free ride on the upside while the
   >>>>> individual has to bear the entire burden of risk?
   >>> 
   >>> ^^ EXACTLY!!! ^^ ... as for why, as my accountant says, "The law
   >>> isn't fair, and the government has all the power.  Pay up or go to
   >>> jail."
   >>> 
   >>>> Why should someone be taxed more on the money he has to work for
   >>>> than the money he makes gambling on the markets?
   >>> 
   >>> The money gambled on the markets has already been taxed (at least)
once.
   >> 
   >> It's not the money gambled on the markets that's taxed, it's the
   >> winnings from the money gambled on the markets that's taxed.  That
   >> money hasn't been taxed yet.

   Lord> All of which overlooks the point that money INVESTED in stocks
creates
   Lord> real jobs and real boosts to the economy. To equate "the markets"
with

And people earning real wages from real jobs boost the economy, yet these
wages are taxed at a higher rate than investment income.  This is just
silly.

   Lord> the dog track shows why bureaucracy is allowed to flourish and
why
   Lord> Dems can still win elections.

   Lord> LG
   Lord> -- 
   Lord> Visit www.fairtax.org , sign the petition, and make America what
it
   Lord> could be.


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