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badtoworse

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10. You haven't broken it out

Reply to eridani (Reply #9)

Fri May 17, 2013, 08:25 PM

May 2013

I'd still like to see how the taxes would be allocated across the investment spectrum.

As far as individual investors go, they tend to get hosed because they're usually late. The pros are getting out when the individual investors are getting in and they're buying when the little guys have panicked and are selling. I tend to stick with conservative, balanced funds - they don't hit a lot of home runs, but they usually don't get clobbered in a down market either.

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Dean Baker: Cutting Social Security and Not Taxing Wall Street [View all] eridani May 2013 OP

kr HiPointDem May 2013 #1

Maybe instead of taxing Wall Street Turbineguy May 2013 #2

Once Wall Street has devoured the middle class and poor, they will be in their own economy liberal N proud May 2013 #3

Du rec. Nt xchrom May 2013 #4

not good enough MrYikes May 2013 #5

Why do you assume it would only impact Wall Street? badtoworse May 2013 #6

Unless you are a computer, why would you care? eridani May 2013 #7

I'm a mutual fund investor and the tax would be added onto the fees I pay the fund manager badtoworse May 2013 #8

Ordinary investors won't be paying much. Ordinary people own very little of the stock market eridani May 2013 #9

You haven't broken it out badtoworse May 2013 #10

If the increase were significant, you would need to find a better manager. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #12

Non-productive? Without investors, we wouldn't have an economy... badtoworse May 2013 #13

Yes, non-productive. Like the barter economy that is used as justification for a number Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #17

Here is the problem mick063 May 2013 #11

My wife and I have had IRA's and 401k's for 30 years badtoworse May 2013 #14

When corporatists own the government mick063 May 2013 #18

You'd be smarter to worry about the banksters grabbing your money eridani May 2013 #19

I'm really confused here. What you wrote is the essence of "I've got mine, fuck you". Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #20

I believe in equal opportunity, not equal outcome badtoworse May 2013 #21

Sales tax Fumesucker May 2013 #15

Agree. Some states even tax the sale of food and/or medicine. byeya May 2013 #16