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Most excellent graphic on TAXES (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2012 OP
So ... eliminating the "Capital Gains Tax" is in the "flat tax" ... zbdent Jan 2012 #1

zbdent

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1. So ... eliminating the "Capital Gains Tax" is in the "flat tax" ...
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 03:08 PM
Jan 2012

that means, anybody who earns any money from interest, selling stocks, or buying something and selling it for profit (Romney and his "job creation" fire sales of companies) would not pay a penny in taxes ... EVER ... in their lifetime ...

How is that "flat"??? That means, all the wage slaves who aren't getting their "income" (oops, that's not income, that's a capital gain!) from securities or trust funds or stocks are going to be funding the millionaires, billionaires, and all their offspring forever ...

I wonder if any of those "flat earthers", er, "flat tax advocates" who AREN'T millionaires ever think about that ...

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