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Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 08:39 AM

Jan 2012

little risk - force the companies to borrow - skim the tax dollars for start-ups off of the top -- bleed the companies dry . . .

What does Romney actually do to deserve only paying 15% tax on his 'investment' income from his private equity firm? Is that how the tax code intended to define capital gains ?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002183860

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