The new law was never meant to make things better for people like me, who were doing just fine. It was meant to make things better for the millions who struggled without insurance. They tried to lie and say people like me would be unaffected...but I knew better. Still, it was a bit of a shock when i saw my new benefits.
So.....i guess i'll wait and see if America as a whole becomes better off. If millions of people are helped, and somehow costs come down..then i'll be less inclined to bitch about me not being quite as well off. That's what I meant by i'll wait and see. I'll admit, i'm rather skeptical. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "But early on, in the micro, if fucking blows goats...at least for me." > > You think it will get better? > > I would guess not. As I have said before, the wealthy don't pay taxes. > Somewhere down the line, the new costs are going to be pushed onto > employees and consumers. > > J > > - > > GIBSON: All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase in > the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I quote, > "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton," which was > 28 percent. It's now 15 percent. That's almost a doubling, if you went to > 28 percent. But actually, Bill Clinton, in 1997, signed legislation that > dropped the capital gains tax to 20 percent. > > OBAMA: Right. > > GIBSON: And George Bush has taken it down to 15 percent. > > OBAMA: Right. > > GIBSON: *And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax > increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the > tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down.* So why raise it > at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country > own stock and would be affected? > > OBAMA: *Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising the > capital gains tax for purposes of fairness. * > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359780 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
