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Capital Gains Tax

Capital Gain, Social Loss

Edward Corcoran | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Wealth Inequality, Capital Gains, Tax Rates, Capital Gains Tax, Investing, Capital Gains Taxes, u.s. Wealth Inequality, Tax Breaks for Rich, Tax Breaks, Politics News
Edward Corcoran

To the extent that this favorable tax treatment facilitates economic expansion, the overall economy is mis-structured. Moving more assets to the wealthy should certainly not be a prerequisite for job development and economic progress.

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Warren Buffett Successfully Tears Down CNBC

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.14.2012 | Business
Read More: Warren Buffett Taxes, Capital Gains Tax, Berkshire Hathaway Stock Buyback, Buffett vs Cnbc, Warren Buffett, Buffett Cnbc Criticism, Estate Tax, Gary Kaminsky, Business News

What’s that CNBC? You think you can successfully take on America's favorite billionaire? Think again. CNBC is backing off claims made earlier th...

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What Jamie Dimon Won't Say About Taxes

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 12.14.2012 | Business
Read More: Capital Gains Tax, JP Morgan Chase, Income Tax, Jpmorgan Fiscal Cliff, JP Morgan, Fiscal Cliff 2012, Jp Morgan Fiscal Cliff, Wall Street, Tax Rates, Obama Tax Plan, Jpmorgan, Economy, Fiscal Cliff, Jp Morgan Ceo, Jamie Dimon, Business News

Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, has been out front among Wall Street chiefs in supporting higher tax rates on individual taxpayers as...

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Zach Carter

Obama's Opening Gambit On The Fiscal Cliff -- Time To Freak Out?

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.30.2012 | Politics
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No. But there are several interesting elements, particularly among the combined $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue. Obama has spent most of the past ...

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The President's Opening Bid on the Grand Bargain (III): The Difference Between "Broadening the Tax Base" and Raising Taxes on the Rich

Robert Reich | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Capital Gains Tax, Capital Gains, Tax Hikes, Barack Obama Tax Plan, Capital Gains Taxes, Republicans Tax Cuts, Politics News
Robert Reich

If Republicans won't budge on raising tax rates but insist on broadening the base, Democrats should take aim at the biggest tax loophole of all for America's wealthy: the preference for capital gains. Capital gains should be taxed the same as ordinary income.

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Obama Wins the Debate, But Not on Substance

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
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James Marshall Crotty

By overplaying his hand, Romney allowed the deft, if defenseless, Obama to charm his way back into the hearts of swing voters, while revving up his base. In an election that will come down to the ground game, such enthusiasm is key.

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Dimon: 'I Don't Mind Paying 39.6 Percent In Taxes'

Reuters | Posted 10.10.2012 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Capital Gains Tax, JPMorgan Chase, Video, Council on Foreign Relations, President Barack Obama, Wealthy Taxes, Tax Cuts, Jamie Dimon, Republicans, Business News

Oct 10 (Reuters) - The chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co, Jamie Dimon, waded into the U.S. fiscal debate on Wednesday when he said he was willing...

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Was Romney Truly a Massachusetts Resident When He Voted For Scott Brown?

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Carried-Interest, Capital Gains Tax, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Voter Fraud, New Hampshire, Politics News
Paul Abrams

To release his 2010 and 2009 returns would raise the real possibility that he committed voter fraud. And, we all know how deeply concerned Republicans are about voter fraud, don't we?

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Why Obama Should Raise Taxes in 2013

Joseph Rauch | Posted 06.10.2012 | College
Read More: Taxes, Capital Gains Tax, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, Tax Increase, Barack Obama, Bush Tax Cuts, Obama Capital Gains Tax, Obama Taxes, Obama Raising Taxes, College News
Joseph Rauch

Obama is going to win the election this year and when he does, I want him to raise taxes on wealthy Americans by repealing the Bush tax cuts or introducing new tax legislation on the "1 percent" as well as capital gains.

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Tax Breaks Now Roughly Same Size As Federal Budget Deficit

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.26.2012 | Business
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Take all the tax breaks in the U.S. tax code and put them together. You'll find that they add up -- and up and up. That's the conclusion of a re...

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What Are the Republican Candidates' Economic Plans to Create Jobs?

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 03.10.2012 | Business
Read More: Capital Gains Tax, Economic Plan, Republican Presidential Candidates, Reduce Corporate Taxes, Job Creation, Estate Tax Repeal, R&D Tax Credit, Business News
Michele Nash-Hoff

Most of us are familiar with the adage that small businesses create up to 80 percent of all jobs; however, the new Census Bureau database shows that it's not so much small businesses that create jobs as it is new businesses.

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Hey, GOP: Give the 99 Percent Some Lovin'

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.04.2012 | Politics
Read More: Susan Collins, George Bush, Capital Gains Tax, Payroll Tax, The 99 Percent, Gop, Income Tax, Twilight, Republicans, Grover Norquist, Mtv, Jon Kyl, The 1 Percent, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

To serve the 1 percent, Republicans discarded all of their supposedly sacrosanct philosophy about taxes during last week's struggle over extending the temporary payroll tax cut.

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CHART: America's Descending Marginal Tax Rates

Posted 06.15.2011 | Business
Read More: Wealth Tax Act, Capital Gains Tax, Taxes, Income Tax, Corporate Tax Rate, Tax Rates Chart, Marginal Tax Rates, Dividends, Top Marginal Rate, Business News

By Catherine Mulbrandon VisualizingEconomics.com (Click picture to enlarge) Green line is the top marginal rate for married couples filing j...

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Private Equity Billionaire: I'm Getting A Huge, Unjustified Tax Break

nytimes.com | PETER LATTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Capital Gains Tax, Pete Peterson Bio, Income Tax, Private Equity Taxes, Pete Peterson, Carried Interest Tax, Peter Peterson, Blackstone Group, Business News

Peter G. Peterson, the billionaire co-founder of the Blackstone Group, was the subject of Deborah Solomon's "Questions For" column in The New York Tim...

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Jumpstarting Jobs: The Lost Lesson of the Great Depression

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Hording Wealth, The Great Crash, Capital Gains Tax, The Great Depression, John Kenneth Galbraith, Business News
Paul Abrams

The "investment deficit" -- the rich hoarding rather than investing their money -- is the forgotten lesson of the Great Depression. To jumpstart jobs, we need to remember it.

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