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    I do not agree with that!

    Your suggestion implies that you want the government to control how we invest. Our government has not given me any reason to believe that letting them dictate my trading strategies would be to my best interest.

    Whether you’re a Republican or Democratic - What must end is the notion that government can make everything better. They have repeatedly demonstrated an inability to do that. So why would any reasonable investor want the government to have further sway in their financial well being?


    On Nov 01 07:01 AM apppro wrote:


    > Whether you’re a Republican or Democratic, whether you’re a capitalist
    > or socialist, whether you’re a ying or a yang; we MUST ALL start
    > to agree upon ONE THING and that is this short-term mentality and
    > trading MUST END!
    >
    > STOP THE INSANITY NOW!
    >
    > Revised Tax Rules:
    >
    > 1. Capital gains under <6 months - 55% tax on capital gains
    > 2. Capital gains 6 > 12 months - 45% tax on capital gains
    > 3. Capital gains 1 > 2 years - 35% tax on capital gains
    > 4. Capital gains 2 > 5 years - 18% tax on capital gains
    > 5. Capital gains 5+ years - 5% tax on capital gains
    > 6. Most critical of all — Institute a capital gains tax of 55% on
    > ALL short sales not directly tied to a long buy by a licensed hedge
    > fund. I'm tired of paying for the pure shorts 3rd vacation home.
    Nov 01 09:44 am |Rating: +11 -2 |Link to Comment
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