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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: John Koligman who wrote (24680)	9/19/2012 2:17:53 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 42652

where someone with a huge income pays a smaller percentage of it than an experienced nurse or other professional in many cases. Is that really the case? Capital gains tax rates aren't really easily directly comparable to ordinary income rates. 1 - When you own stock you are part owner of that company, and effectively if the company pays taxes, you're portion of the ownership is taxed proportionately. 2 - Capital gains taxes are not adjusted for inflation. A small real gain can be taxed as if it was a large gain. A real loss can be taxed as a gain. The rate is thus higher, and sometimes effectively infinite (or a divide by zero error) 3 - thebigquestions.com thebigquestions.com thebigquestions.com

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