• Liz
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    1010 months ago

    I, too, have an opinion on the capital gains tax. It should be taxed at the same rate as income. We can let them keep the exception on the first half million in profit because I’m feeling nice today.

    • @ArbiterXero
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      1110 months ago

      It’s actually higher in many scenarios.

      What needs to be taxed like income is loans against the stocks

      • Flying Squid
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        610 months ago

        Or a simple .01 cent financial transaction tax. Absolutely no effect on the average person, a huge way to raise revenue from bankers and stock traders.

        • @ArbiterXero
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          110 months ago

          Agreed, or just a minimum amount of time that stocks can be owned to kill the high-frequency traders.

      • Liz
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        110 months ago

        Oh yeah that’s right. I forgot about Buy, Borrow, Die.

        I agree, though I’d have to do something thinking about the exact right way to implement a tax on that kind of behavior.

      • @Illuminostro
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        -210 months ago

        Tax idle stock while you’re at it. 1% per share, per current price, per quarter.