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hoolstoptheheels

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Exactly. Dramatically increasing LTCG rates will introduce


Crazy market distortions and a whole new cottage industry within the cottage industry of tax planning. Which invariably, always, benefits the wealthiest. They can hire the brightest minds to figure out how to take advantage of poorly worded provisions, etc.

I continue to believe - the complexity of our tax code is the low hanging fruit of our wealth gap problems. It benefits the wealthy. Make the tax code a pamphlet that does nothing but raise revenue. It should not be “an expression of our national values “ (an Elizabeth Warren viewpoint). It should just raise revenue. There should not be strange arbitrary rules suggesting that holding an asset more than 1 year, or 3 years, or 6 months, based on Congress’s whims, is better for society than holding it for less time.

Economics can stand on their own.

(In response to this post by WahooMatt05)

Posted: 08/10/2020 at 11:49AM



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The economic effect of Biden’s capital gains tax proposal -- Hoos Operator 08/10/2020 11:00AM
  Has he considered the CRUT option? -- Hoos Operator 08/10/2020 2:13PM
  Funny coming from you guys who have obsessed -- TomKazanski 08/10/2020 12:02PM
  Fair point. Taxes can be gamed, and will be gamed -- WahooMatt05 08/10/2020 11:41AM
  Simpson-Bowles, Simpson-Bowles, Simpson-Bowles -- fishhoo 08/10/2020 12:28PM
  Exactly. Dramatically increasing LTCG rates will introduce -- hoolstoptheheels 08/10/2020 11:49AM
  Call it LTCG rights, and Dems will get onboard. ** -- Shenhoo 08/10/2020 12:07PM
  LOL ** -- Tuckahokie 08/10/2020 12:09PM
  Sounds like Walmart's business strategy. -- PBCHoo 08/10/2020 11:14AM

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