Does changing capital gains tax hurt middle class?


	Does changing capital gains tax hurt middle class?

masbury

5-1-2008 2:21 PM

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foxnews, factcheck, taxes, capital gains, politics, obama, clinton, election, news

masbury says:

FoxNews' Chris Wallace and FactCheck.org disagree

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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_raising_the_capital_gains_tax_rate.html"><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Wallace, April 20: </STRONG>[When] half the tax returns reporting capital gains come from households making less than $50,000, why isn't that a considerable, substantial, middle class tax increase? </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_raising_the_capital_gains_tax_rate.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.factcheck.org/img/60BC22FD-3647-4DF9-82B7-25D78B0C85E7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_raising_the_capital_gains_tax_rate.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.factcheck.org/img/7DC21251-4A66-4B6E-B547-FE0BECAFBFCA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_raising_the_capital_gains_tax_rate.html"><DIV>
Those are the tax filers who, overwhelmingly, would be affected by any increase in the rates, even if there were no exemptions such as Obama proposes.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/would_raising_the_capital_gains_tax_rate.html">
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