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If magdor is worried about non-hard-working-people that are cheating the system, here is their all star team.

Capital gains are simply not earned income as defined by the IRS. It's the appreciation of money already earned and already taxed. If I am smart enough not to piss all my money away, and manage to invest it wisely enough to get a return...I should be rewarded.

Since you seem to hate the ''rich" but have a hardon for big federal government collecting our taxes...riddle me this? What do you think about the fact that the 2 highest average income counties in the entire USA just happen to surround Washington DC, and are home to many of those very same federal politicians to which you direct your man love?

People making millions pay MUCH more in taxes that you and I. When you say "lower effective tax rate," I assume you are still stuck on the concept of capital gains tax. Private investing drives our economy FAR more than taxes. I would rather have private citizens investing wisely than the federal government mismanaging even more tax dollars. As I've already explained once in this thread "If you raise capital gains, you are basically eliminating some of the incentive for investors to invest in stocks, funds, etc. Investors would pull (some) funds out of the stock market, risking another recession, or worse."

How about all the money is sent to the federal government. Then they can line their own pockets and distribute the rest to their powerless subjects??

Pretty inaccurate actually. Forming a corporation is not reserved for the wealthy. Anyone with 50 bucks can form a corporation. And if you did, how exactly are you only paying half your income tax? I'd love to lower my tax burden If you mean capital gains tax, people in the lowest 2 tax brackets pay zero (long-term) capital gains tax. Higher tax brackets pay either 15 or 20% capital gains. If you raise capital gains, you are basically eliminating some of the incentive for investors to invest in stocks, funds, etc. Investors would pull (some) funds out of the stock market, risking another recession, or worse.

This article is talking about the stock market recession and the subsequent market rally. "Incomes among the richest fell more than 36% between 2007-09, compared with a decrease of 11.6% for the rest of Americans. But in the last three years, 95% of all income gains have gone to the richest 1%." If a person was heavily invested in stocks, funds, etc their income took a big hit during the recession, and should now being making pretty good gains (unless they panicked and sold). Wealthier people tend to be more heavily invested. None of this is particularly surprising. The same thing happened to nearly everyone's 401k, but those $$ aren't considered (taxable) income until you retire.

Perhaps...but you did instigate the drunken mayhem to which IP alluded. Drop off a bottle of whiskey...promptly leave before the carnage unfolds...dance puppets, dance!

This one, right?

I'm selling a Gladius with suspension upgrades plus other upgrades too. The motor has several improvements over the sv650. It's in the for sale section.

What's a fog line?

If yer lucky I'll show you my purple helmet.

Even with all that dust on it ?

So...are you still missing that Harley?

I wonder how many times those girls wished him dead.

But what if the identity thief figures out how to intercept the birthday cookies? Wut Now?

I've got a 5 dollar bill that I would like to trade for a 10 or 20 dollar bill. Low ballers will be ignored.

Must be super secret supporter posts.

It's not like there was any thought of him being rehabilitated (if that's still a goal of the prison system). In this case dead is better.

The gene pool is slightly cleaner than it was yesterday.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/justice/ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnapper-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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cue the troll

Reminds me of the Rolls Royce kits for VW beetles in the 70s