2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJoe Walsh on MSNBC says he's for a 0 percent Capital Gains tax
What an ass.
tridim
(45,358 posts)DERP.
montanacowboy
(6,093 posts)never did hear what happened there
I am sure he got away with it like all Repukes do
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)on the vast majority of his 'income'.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)and settle somewhere in the middle?
provis99
(13,062 posts)and we settle somewhere in the middle? Much more to my liking, and compromise is a good thing, afterall.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...for retirees who live on pensions who also pay the 15%. Careful with wielding those broad brushes...
provis99
(13,062 posts)Romney is nearly a senior citizen. So your belief he should be taxed at 15% is repulsive.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)I'm on record here for wanting to have a graduated captial gains rate...15% or even less for those who earn $100k a year or less...and then upwards to 20% at 250k, 25% at 500k and 30% or higher for those with 1 million or more a year in adjusted income. So under my Mittens would pay a lot more than he is right now while those on with fixed incomes wouldn't suffer...
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)I had this same kind of argument when I became a tax preparer back in 1986.
I argued with the partners in the CPA firm I worked with saying that money is money.
They countered back with the risk factor and I said well the sky is the limit for gains so why should they be awarded more for potentially getting more...
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,842 posts)I'm going to be so happy to have the opportunity to vote against him this November.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)Here's hoping Tammy Duckworth gets the pleasure to mop up the floor with him...
Cheers...