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Rachel Maddow Slams Romney For Still Getting Paid For Killing Jobs (Original Post) Galraedia Jan 2012 OP
529 views and no comments.... blackbart99 Feb 2012 #1
Best clip of the week! Quantess Feb 2012 #2
Its obvious WhiteShoesATL Feb 2012 #3
Yes, the long term schedule D capital gains rate is 15% xtraxritical Feb 2012 #4

blackbart99

(464 posts)
1. 529 views and no comments....
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:17 PM
Feb 2012

Could it be that we are all still able to be surprised by the HYPOCRISY of these....people.....
Maybe people is the wrong word to describe these creatures......Vampires....yeah that's
the right word.

FUCKING VAMPIRES

WhiteShoesATL

(30 posts)
3. Its obvious
Wed Feb 1, 2012, 05:07 PM
Feb 2012

Its pretty obvious that he was in fact, paid to kill jobs.
And most of the companies he found were shams run on cheap labor, cheep Chinese goods, and junk loans.
Romney is a sham and electing him will be Nixon's lost second term.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
4. Yes, the long term schedule D capital gains rate is 15%
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 02:52 AM
Feb 2012

but stop and think, most 401k retirement plans for average American workers (the 99%) are made up of stock, and mutual fund investments. These investments are risky, think of the recent recession and the dramatic dump the stock market took. Many, many retirement accounts were severely diminished. Should we raise the long term (owned for more than 1 year) capital gains rate to say 35% just because it seems that very rich people are paying too little (because most of their wealth is held in equity investments)? For the average American worker with a 401k it would be disastrous. Possibly the tax code needs to be amended to tax long term capital gains over a threshold, say $250,000 in any given year, at 35%. Even Rachel is not above hasty generalities.

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