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The Right Capital Gains Tax Rate Is Zero

anti-neocon Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 8:37 AM

the right income tax rate is also ZERO too. you WON'T get that from romney. vote RON PAUL to restore liberty and abolish the IRS and the income tax.

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CapitaLost Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 9:13 PM

I'm willing to pay a FLAT 5% of my income, if EVERYONE pays the same rate (NO exceptions, NO "prebates" or "refunds"). I might even consider 10% for some period of time in order to pay down the debt, BUT ONLY IF THE ADDITIONAL 5% GOES ENTIRELY TO PAYING DOWN DEBT. Anything over that, I consider to be grant theft. Even these levels should be closely monitored, and allowed only for things SPECIFICALLY provided for in the constitution (like the common defense, a judiciary, etc). Not in some hypothetical "penumbra" of the constitution, but the exact words of that document, interpreted in ENGLISH, not LAWYERESE or POLITICIAN.

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Philpy67 Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 10:33 AM

Right on!
Romney has no serious plan to reduce the size and scope of gov't, spending, etc. and offers merely a bit less of what the Dems perpetrate.
Only Dr. Paul promises to restore the nation to the greatness of the founding.
If only so-called "conservatives" could shed their affinity for unConstitutional and damaging interventionism/world policing, war on drugs, Patriot Act, bailouts, etc., we ight have a chance.

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The Right Capital Gains Tax Rate Is Zero

The silly debate about the “Buffett Rule” is really an argument about the extent to which there should be more double taxation of income that is saved and invested.

Politicians conveniently forget that dividends and capital gains get hit by the corporate income tax. And since America now has the developed world’s highest corporate income tax rate, it’s adding insult to injury to tax the income again. Actually, it’s adding injury to injury!

No wonder

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