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Yes, I'd forgotten about the DOD, so it's probably actually a good bit higher than 50%, but I'm not sure any of them got laid off during Trump's idiocy.

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See, I think we shouldn't reward investors with lower taxes on dollars that their dollars earn, compared to dollars that our work earns.

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I think it's bigger than that. I think the plan is the loot the country before they are out numbered by the brown people.

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I might make one exception - the sale of a house that has been the primary domicile for 20 years or more.

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Rules and proceedings of government? What's that? We can just pass anything we want anytime!

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I got a $20 gold piece from my grandfather in 1950, I would like it adjusted for inflation plz

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Thoughts and prayers debt burdened future children.

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Well, that's a relief. I'll just skip food next month and invest those millions.

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Langerhans?

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If it quacks like a canard and waddles like a canard...

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Say "Schädlingsbekämpfung" three times and the devil appears.

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Fur coats and BMWs don't trickle down.

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Meanwhile, I can look forward to being kicked off Medicaid, losing my housing subsidy, and having my SNAP cut, right?

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That was my thought as well. It's tied to income, and even top rate is way lower than ordinary income.

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That will be a crazy time.

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Capital gains are taxed at a maximum of 20% vs ordinary income max of 37%. If you want to adjust the cost basis to reflect inflation, then you should at least raise the capital gain max rate to 37%

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