Bush Wants to Raise Taxes

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On hedge fund managers.

Specifically, he targeted two tax breaks popular on Wall Street: the deduction of interest on debt, which makes borrowing more attractive, and “carried interest,” which allows investment-fund managers to pay lower taxes on much of their compensation.

The plan provoked immediate criticism from the industries in Mr. Bush’s cross hairs. A spokesman for the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, the primary trade group for private-equity investors, said: “Increasing taxes on carried interest would discourage growth and investment, and would make our tax code more complex and less fair.”​

Jeb Bush Wants Fewer Tax Breaks for Wealthy Than Most in GOP

Does this make him a liberal? Even though he wants to cut other taxes?
 
On hedge fund managers.

Specifically, he targeted two tax breaks popular on Wall Street: the deduction of interest on debt, which makes borrowing more attractive, and “carried interest,” which allows investment-fund managers to pay lower taxes on much of their compensation.

The plan provoked immediate criticism from the industries in Mr. Bush’s cross hairs. A spokesman for the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, the primary trade group for private-equity investors, said: “Increasing taxes on carried interest would discourage growth and investment, and would make our tax code more complex and less fair.”​

Jeb Bush Wants Fewer Tax Breaks for Wealthy Than Most in GOP

Does this make him a liberal? Even though he wants to cut other taxes?

Bush.... Who is that?

Might as well talk about unicorns

-Geaux
 
I'll believe that when I see it.

He's a bush. He wants the 98% ton support him and the rest of the 2%.

He's just trying to out-Trump the rest of the Clown Car.
 
On hedge fund managers.

Specifically, he targeted two tax breaks popular on Wall Street: the deduction of interest on debt, which makes borrowing more attractive, and “carried interest,” which allows investment-fund managers to pay lower taxes on much of their compensation.

The plan provoked immediate criticism from the industries in Mr. Bush’s cross hairs. A spokesman for the Private Equity Growth Capital Council, the primary trade group for private-equity investors, said: “Increasing taxes on carried interest would discourage growth and investment, and would make our tax code more complex and less fair.”​

Jeb Bush Wants Fewer Tax Breaks for Wealthy Than Most in GOP

Does this make him a liberal? Even though he wants to cut other taxes?


Bush? Isn't he that Socialist guy who's running for president or something? I heard him talk some kind of Spanish or something the other day. Hell, if I had all that shit in my mouth, I'd spit it out too.
 

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