[quote=CA renter]In other words, it will be taxed at the same rates as ordinary income. And yet, people are still willing to work for a living, even though they have been very unfairly treated WRT taxes. It’s no wonder everyone wanted to become a “trader” instead of doing something productive. Time to stop our ridiculous obsession with gambling, and get back to work.

The best thing that could ever happen to our economy (and the fairest thing to all taxpayers) would be to tax ALL income at the exact same, steeply progressive rates.[/quote]

deleted. whatever….You know CAR. I was gonna post something else…But you know what. I’m gonna take the higher ground on this one…

CAR, we’re talking about investments here. Look at the thread ok? We’re talking about dividend yields, returns etc. NOT about political viewpoints, or fairness….

If you want to harp about folks paying fairshare, can you be so kind as to do it somewhere else, like the other threads instead of hijacking this thread…Ok? Come on…There’s like 3 other threads where you can do this on…Why here?

Seriously, do you have anything to share about investment knowledge here? Unless you have something intelligent to say about investments, why don’t you reserve judgement on this one ok? With all due respect…Some people aren’t as lucky as you who have a guaranteed government pension that doesn’t need to self-manage their own finances you know… Some people actually have to “work” to have their money grow….Think about that one….