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moose65

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21. That's a good start

Sat May 9, 2020, 02:44 PM

May 2020

However, it’s long been my belief that the vastly wealthy really don’t give a shit about income tax rates. What they really care about is the capital gains tax and the estate tax, both of which need to be revised and raised. In the Clinton years, capital gains were taxed at the same rates as ordinary income, IIRC.

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That's a good start moose65 May 2020 #21

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