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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·7 months ago for the first time Nobody ask about the long-term capital gains rate going back to Ronald Reagan’s '83 reform.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoNot 100% sure but I imagine they’d count capital gains in the analysis. The full read in The NY Times was interesting but behind a paywall
minus-squareTranstronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months ago I imagine they’d count capital gains in the analysis https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8544719 The NYTimes analysis is just about income taxes Aren’t you contradicting yourself here?
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoNot really. Other forms of taxation significantly differ, whereas capital gains are taxed based on how much you made, like income.
Nobody ask about the long-term capital gains rate going back to Ronald Reagan’s '83 reform.
Not 100% sure but I imagine they’d count capital gains in the analysis. The full read in The NY Times was interesting but behind a paywall
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8544719
Aren’t you contradicting yourself here?
Not really. Other forms of taxation significantly differ, whereas capital gains are taxed based on how much you made, like income.