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To: KyrosL who wrote (166655)	4/2/2012 1:51:37 AM
From: t4texas	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206176

thanks for the education. looking at the far right column it makes the case, it appears, the lower the capital gains tax rate the more absolute billions of dollars the tax man gets for the government to spend on something and the higher the percent contribution realized cap gains dollars are as a percentage of gdp. there are lots more variables at play besides just comparing these numbers in a vacuum, but it's fun with the numbers in the table.