Why are capital gains taxed?

[Anarchist420]

I think it's because special interests want them to be taxed.

If they were exempted from taxation, then the dollar would be stronger and if legal tender were repealed too... then middle class families could build their savings up.

Due to legal tender and capital gains being taxed, stocks and bonds are favored along with CDs.

Wouldn't it be better if capital gains were not taxed?

 

[the DRIZZLE]

I think it's because special interests want them to be taxed.

If they were exempted from taxation, then the dollar would be stronger and if legal tender were repealed too... then middle class families could build their savings up.

Due to legal tender and capital gains being taxed, stocks and bonds are favored along with CDs.

Wouldn't it be better if capital gains were not taxed?

They are taxed because they are income, and we have decided that income should be taxed.

 

[Demo24]

I think it's because special interests want them to be taxed.

If they were exempted from taxation, then the dollar would be stronger and if legal tender were repealed too... then middle class families could build their savings up.

Due to legal tender and capital gains being taxed, stocks and bonds are favored along with CDs.

Wouldn't it be better if capital gains were not taxed?

How exactly does one 'build up savings' if you repeal legal tender.

 

[rudeguy]

wrong forum troll

 

[Incorruptible]

Capital gains should NOT be taxed,it is a form of income and the income tax shouldn't even exist because it presumes the government has a higher right to your property than you do.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Good fucking Christ, you start the stupidest threads.

 

[Incorruptible]

Good fucking Christ, you start the stupidest threads.

If the thread is so stupid then why would you post in it and thereby give the op more attention and bump the thread?

The OP brings up an important issue that too many people dont want to talk about.

 

[LegendKiller]

I think it's because special interests want them to be taxed.

If they were exempted from taxation, then the dollar would be stronger and if legal tender were repealed too... then middle class families could build their savings up.

Due to legal tender and capital gains being taxed, stocks and bonds are favored along with CDs.

Wouldn't it be better if capital gains were not taxed?

How would the dollar be stronger?

So you don't consider stocks, bonds or CDs as "savings"?

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

If the thread is so stupid then why would you post in it and thereby give the op more attention and bump the thread?

The OP brings up an important issue that too many people dont want to talk about.

You're about the only person that's more of a joke on this forum than the OP. Nobody takes anything you say seriously.

 

[Anarchist420]

How would the dollar be stronger?

So you don't consider stocks, bonds or CDs as "savings"?

i do, but people would save more if CGs werent taxed. if the money wasnt taxed into circulation, then it would be saved and the dollar would be stronger.

 

[Incorruptible]

You're about the only person that's more of a joke on this forum than the OP. Nobody takes anything you say seriously.

The only reason people think I am a "joke" is because I speak the truth and they dont like this.

 

[shadow9d9]

The only reason people think I am a "joke" is because I speak the truth and they dont like this.

If I could get away with keeping this in my signature, I would... Truly the work of a delusional mind.

 

[Capt Caveman]

i do, but people would save more if CGs werent taxed. if the money wasnt taxed into circulation, then it would be saved and the dollar would be stronger.

Why would someone that has never worked in their life, care?

 

[Darwin333]

They are taxed because they are income, and we have decided that income should be taxed.

Supply and demand silly.

Demand of which we will have an absurd amount of and the supply of which is controlled largely by countries and entities that don't like us and/or can make a buck out of our pain. Don't worry though, it really is a great and very well thought out idea.......

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

The only reason people think I am a "joke" is because I speak the truth and they dont like this.

Or the more obvious conclusion is that people think you are a joke simply because you are a fucking joke. I mean this in all seriousness: You are totally unhinged, and very, very little if what you believe has any reflection in reality.

 

[Acanthus]

I think it's because special interests want them to be taxed.

If they were exempted from taxation, then the dollar would be stronger and if legal tender were repealed too... then middle class families could build their savings up.

Due to legal tender and capital gains being taxed, stocks and bonds are favored along with CDs.

Wouldn't it be better if capital gains were not taxed?

It should all be taxed as income, really.

I'm all for eliminating the capital gains tax and taxing all income as just that, income, regardless of the source.

 

[Brigandier]

Amendment XVI, unfortunately.

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

Up until then, taxes collected were split between states.

 

[OverVolt]

It is to make capital flee the markets obviously.

 

[biostud]

...because you earn money without adding value.

 

[Doppel]

How exactly does one 'build up savings' if you repeal legal tender.

With magic.

 

[piasabird]

CD's and bonds are hardly even favored they are earning very low interests rates. Banks get their money for almost free, so the average citizen can not hardly earn any money in interest in any way. When the interest rate is .?? how is that a good deal?

You have to know what stocks represent. Some company wants to earn money so they sell stock to their investors (Stock Holders). Money is earned in two ways. One way is in dividends paid by stock, and the other way is by the stock increasing in value. If you can sell a stock for more than you invested in it, that is a capital gain.

However, the USA Stock exchanges are not the only stock exchanges available. If an investor is forced to pay a higher tax on his capital gain, then maybe he will invest somewhere else. This is where the USA must understand that investors are playing on an international stage. The USA no longer sets all the rules. Investors can also live in any country or island paradise they see fit. However, for the present often American Companies (Most are international) are often the best to invest in.

So what do you plan on using for money? Do you trade cows for a car or what? Get real here. Get a grip man!

 

[Triumph]

Isn't anarchist the guy that doesn't even have a job and still lives with his parents?