"Rich Carreiro" <rlc-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Ernie Klein <ecklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> At least one candidate for president has said that if he
>> is elected he
>> will raise the capital gains tax to 28% -- so the present
>> 15% staying
>> that way is not a sure thing.
Obama in the March debate and elsewhere has said he
"certainly would not go above... 28%." Then the debate
moderator challenged Obama with the oft-repeated claim that,
when CG tax rates drop, tax revenues go up. (There is some
evidence to sup****t this.)
> And given that it's near guaranteed the Bush tax cuts
> aren't
> going to be renewed/extended, that 15% is going to 20%
> with
> virtual certainty in 2010 or 2011 when those tax cuts
> sunset
> (and dividends will go back to being pure ordinary income,
> too).
It is not "near guaranteed," since McCain may very well win
in November, and he sup****ts continuing the rate at 15%.
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