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Poverty

TexasBushwhacker

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3. The alternative minimum tax should be expanded

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2015, 01:04 PM

May 2015

to tax long term capital gains at the same rate as wages. It makes absolutely no sense that income from investments should be taxed at a lower rate than income from the sweat of your brow.

They also need to charge a transaction tax on all financial transactions, including swaps.

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