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  • What's Killing the U.S. Dollar and Its Impact on Income Investors and Markets [View article]
    Debt, bankers, govern debt? Which one?

    There are a couple ways to increase liquidity - issue debt or attract private capital through equity. Why do we have a tax structure that at every level promotes high amounts of leverage as opposed to equity participation? Even if house purchases require 20% that is far too much leverage along tax deductable as well. Corporations get a tax break from debt - where equity holders get double taxed.

    Who voted against the tax relief for dividends. Can the mainstream media close the loop on this? What happened to making equity at the very least on par with the debt - (tax deduction for dividends). Equity is volatile but less troublesome than debt from a structural point of view as we are going to find out with a debt we cannot get rid of. And the argument that equity holders are in bigger trouble than debt right now is specious since it was general debt level that brought us here.

    Maybe people should ask themselves do people who discourage workers from investing in their own company (401's are really decorative from meaningful investment) or their own country's means of production nervous that they will be held accountable for general domestic economic performance?
    It is vote that needs to be explained I am sure the banking industry has something to do with it but maybe the other votes need to explain this philosophy of taxing the worker from participating in a companies rise in value.
    Jun 18 11:08 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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