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Kittens in a Basket (Part 2)

Kittens in a Basket (Part 2)

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Capital Gains Taxes and Investment Horizons

Taxes

One of the threads in media-covered political discussion over the weekend has been the comparing-and-contrasting of capital gains taxes in McCain’s and Obama’s economic plans.   McCain wants to maintain the reduced capital gains tax level (along with the other Bush cuts) to maintain stimulation to the economy.   Obama wants to roll back the tax due [...]

Who’s Going to Pay the Bills?

Taxes

There’s an interesting exchange at Donklephant in which Alan Carl takes issue with the tax provisions of Obama’s proposed economic plan:

It’s quite easy for a family of four to make $200,000 a year and sink most of that back into basic expenses with only moderate indulgences. Raising their taxes would force them not to eliminate [...]