S&P 500 has its highest close in 4 years

[Rocko]

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

investing fuels growth which fuels jobs. You guys want investing too, but you want government to invest with our money. Conservatives believe we have better results when the private sector is doing the investing with thier own money.

Yeah investments fuel job growth in China and such offshore place, not so much here.

Cap gains from offshore ventures should be taxed at 30%.

on shore gains taxed at a lower rate.

I agree with the second you said.

 

[Trajan]

So Wall Street are friends of the left now?

as long as they can spin it that way

 

[Trajan]

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

investing fuels growth which fuels jobs. You guys want investing too, but you want government to invest with our money. Conservatives believe we have better results when the private sector is doing the investing with thier own money.

Yeah investments fuel job growth in China and such offshore place, not so much here.

Cap gains from offshore ventures should be taxed at 30%.
on shore gains taxed at a lower rate.

Cap gains from offshore ventures should be taxed at 30%.

really? why?

 

[Trajan]

Yep no one invested back when the tax rate was that high before did they?
Ohh wait we had a good economy and employment then.

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

this question has been asked and answered 100 times...how many more times do you need to see it?

the money has been taxed at the income rate already, then it is taxed again, at the 15% cap gain rate...thats not enough?

 

[TakeAStepBack]

Gold.

Ah yes, the terrified gold market, that has been hyped to insane levels hasn't it?

It's obvious.

Thanks, Glenn Beck.

Actually, you've got it backwards (no surprise). The dollar is in a bubble, precious metals are reacting, unless secondary sales have been pumping up the price of gold since the early 70s.

Backwards, I tell ya. But no matter, pull out of gold and get more FRNs on hand...then get ready for the big surprise.

 

[rightwinger]

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

investing fuels growth which fuels jobs. You guys want investing too, but you want government to invest with our money. Conservatives believe we have better results when the private sector is doing the investing with thier own money.

Where have I heard that before?

Oh yea...we used to call it trickle down. Push money at the top levels and watch it trickle down to the workers in more jobs and higher pay

Guess what happened? They sent the jobs to China and froze pay while they pocketed the extra money

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep no one invested back when the tax rate was that high before did they?
Ohh wait we had a good economy and employment then.

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

Investments make the world go round

 

[uscitizen]

investing fuels growth which fuels jobs. You guys want investing too, but you want government to invest with our money. Conservatives believe we have better results when the private sector is doing the investing with thier own money.

Yeah investments fuel job growth in China and such offshore place, not so much here.

Cap gains from offshore ventures should be taxed at 30%.
on shore gains taxed at a lower rate.

Cap gains from offshore ventures should be taxed at 30%.

really? why?

'
To promote growth in the USA not in China.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Can't help but think that were Bush president right now this would be used as a negative by the left.

 

[rightwinger]

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

this question has been asked and answered 100 times...how many more times do you need to see it?

the money has been taxed at the income rate already, then it is taxed again, at the 15% cap gain rate...thats not enough?

The principle has been taxed, not the added profit

 

[rightwinger]

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

Investments make the world go round

Labor makes it go round faster

 

[Listening]

Yep no one invested back when the tax rate was that high before did they?
Ohh wait we had a good economy and employment then.

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

We've already been through this....MR pays a lot more than 15% before he ever sees his money.

Some lies are just to good to give up.

 

[rightwinger]

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

We've already been through this....MR pays a lot more than 15% before he ever sees his money.

Some lies are just to good to give up.

Sure he does..

Off shore in the Cayman Islands

 

[Trajan]

Don't you think doubling the capital gains tax, possibly in some strange cosmic universe, would discourage investors from investing??

Why do conservatives value investment dollars over labor dollars?

Why should $40,000 made from moving money from one place to another be taxed at a lower rate than $40,000 made working in a sewer?

Why does Mitt Romney pay less than 15% on his income while a family struggling to get by pays 24% ????

this question has been asked and answered 100 times...how many more times do you need to see it?

the money has been taxed at the corporate income rate already, then it is taxed again, at the 15% cap gain rate...thats not enough?


here lets take little ole me, we just did our taxes and my wife had some stock grants via restricted stock options ( RSU's) which had vested, as in they are now her property.


here is the tax we paid, up front, to take possession of every share-



Federal 25.00
Medicare 1.45
Social sec. 4.20
Cali. State 10.23
Cali sate disability ins. 1.20

Total= 42.08%


now, if we sell the share or shares of stock, we pay a cap gain rate of 15% on ever penny of gain as well ....... if we paid tax on the RSU grant price of $60 a share and we hold on to it and wait, and it hits say $80, we pay another 15% tax rate on the $20 ( if thats the rate at the time) when we actually sell it. see how that works?


Now remember, in order for the co. to make that stock grant they had to have made a profit where in they paid the corp. tax rate of 35% when the closed their books for the year.
A portion of the proceeds, of the after tax [Ii]ncome/profit[/I] for that co. was then provided via RSU's to its employees...


so tell me , anyone, how many times was that money taxed?

warren buffett as he characterizes this issue is, simply- full of crap.

 

[paulitician]

So Wall Street isn't 'Evil?' Ok. Guess the OWS/Obama-Bots got rebooted. Now Wall Street profits are 'Good.' Nutter Bots are funny huh?

 

[Ravi]

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced to the highest level since June 2008 amid better-than- estimated consumer sentiment and home sales reports.

S&P 500 rises to highest level since 2008

 

[JoeB131]

Okay. And what good does that do the rest of us?

 

[Rocko]

even though this was already discussed ad nauseam today. What exactly did he do?

 

[Conservative]

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced to the highest level since June 2008 amid better-than- estimated consumer sentiment and home sales reports.

S&P 500 rises to highest level since 2008

what specific policy of Obama's caused this? Link please.

 

[Peach]

Okay. And what good does that do the rest of us?

It shows an improving economy. SLOWLY though.