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Increase social services funding by taxing the rich and closing tax-dodging loopholes (like capital gains, etc.).
by ithinkinstereo 9y ago
Increase social services funding by taxing the rich and closing tax-dodging loopholes (like capital gains, etc.).
- Stanleyc23 9y agocan you elaborate on this capital gains tax loophole?
- dragonwriter 9y agoLong-term capital gains are taxed lower than normal generic income (at rates lower than the same person would pay in income tax) which in turn taxed lower than labor income (which is, in addition to regular income tax, subject to payroll tax.) Closing the capital gains tax loophole is, presumably, a reference to stopping some or all of this favorable treatment.
- thehardsphere 9y ago1. That's not a "loophole", it's a deliberate feature of tax law. 2. Changing that would not do anything to solve this problem (even if you think it should be solved through more government spending, it wouldn't raise much money)
- WalterBright 9y agoIt's less of a loophole than one might think, because much of long term capital gains is illusory due to inflation.
- Veelox 9y agoJust to make sure I understand you, you are advocating counting long-term capital gains as ordinary income?
- dragonwriter 9y agoI'm explaining what it is likely the upthread poster was referring to when talking about closing the capital gains tax loophole, not advocating anything. (I have advocated better aligning the treatment of capital, labor, and generic other income, but the details involve more than just counting long-term capital gains as ordinary income.)
- Veelox 9y agoI missed that you were filling in for someone else, thank you for the explanation.