Hillary Clinton

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16. Capital Gains taxes

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 03:31 PM

Jul 2015

Dan Merica Your aides said today that you are evaluating a proposal to incentivize more long term investing by altering the capital gains tax. The proposal includes increasing the tax on short term investments from 24% to more than 28%. In 2008, you said you would not raise the capital gains rate above 20%. Why the change?
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Hillary Clinton Hi Dan, good to see you in Arkansas on Saturday. In my speech at the New School last week I talked about the increase in short-term thinking in the private sector. Later this week, I will be outlining a number of proposals, including capital gains reform, to promote long term investment that will strengthen companies, workers, and communities. Both business leaders and labor leaders have been speaking out about this in recent years. The increase in short-termism has grown in urgency since 2008, and the urgency of our solutions has to match it. -H

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Haha... the real Grover Norquist asked a question about taxes too ( asshole)

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