Re: Liberals: Defend capital gains taxes

On Apr 25, 6:46 am, "Bob T." <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 1:34 pm, "da pickle" <jcpick...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > "Chris Bellomy"
>
> > > All money is taxed multiple times.
>
> > You act like that is a good thing.
>
> No, he acts like it is reality.  It's like discussing death with
> somebody - just because you acknowledge that everyone dies eventually,
> does not make death a "good thing".  Similarly, acknowledging the fact
> that money is taxed over and over and over again as it circulates
> around the economy does not mean it is a "good thing", it just means
> that arguments that say "You can't charge tax on _that_, because the
> money has been taxed already!" are fallacious.
>
> - Bob T.

  But that's not what he's arguing.  He's arguing that it's a bad
thing to tax it
twice for the same person.  And he's right.  If something should be
taxed
it should be taxed at the proper rate, not taxed once at the proper
rate
then taxed again.