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GE Shareholders Cheered by Dividends, Earnings News

Why are we allowing companies that take Gov't assistance - TARP, etc. - to keep paying dividends? If they just cut the dividend maybe they wouldn't need the TARP money. As a taxpayer I getting really sick of bailing out greedy, arrogant, s__theads that played with fire (and other people's money) and got burned.

Why Bubbles Can't Be Stopped

But you can seriously control the size of the bubble if a negatively sloped Cap Gains Tax is implemented.

The dot.com and housing fiascos turn back into mole hills rather than mountains if someone has to think about paying a higher CG Tax now vs. a lower tax in 24 months, 36 months, add your own time frame. Stop the gambling investment mentality and this insanity ceases to exist.