Quit telling us what her positions are after she's already said she no longer supports Medicare for all and the Green New Deal. We get it that you're a one issue voter but to say she will slide the unrealized capital gains tax down to your income level is just fear peddling. IF she does approve, it would affect less than 11,000 people and it would still have to get through Congress and that's not likely given how unpopular the idea is on both sides. It's obvious that she's evolved and she positioned herself squarely as a centrist last night, so enough with the scare tactics.
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To further elaborate on this. It only would hypothetically affect you if you have $100m/year or more in unrealized gains. Following that, those taxes are then offset when the profit is realized/actualized. So it’s essentially speeding up the tax process and preventing investors/firms from kicking the can.She hasn't said she supports the unrealized capital gains proposal but none of it matters anyway unless you make 100 million or more, so enough with the drama.
Column: No, folks, Harris isn't planning to tax your unrealized capital gains — but a wealth tax is still a good idea
Conservatives fabricated a claim that Harris would tax everyone's unrealized capital gains, but she would do so for those with more than $100 million in wealth. Is that bad?www.latimes.com
That being said, I think it’s bad policy - there are much better ways to tax the top .1%.
Look I get that the “she’s changed” thing has worked on you and the other true believers. But we know who she is at her core based on her history. She has the democrat strategy tank shaping every position and every message right now to angle towards winning an election. I don’t believe for a minute that she’s had some personal revelation that has transformed her far left core beliefs.
And the unrealized gains is just one issue. The lefties also want to reshape capital gains tax, and that could affect people like me. And we know they want to jack up taxes on people already paying a fortune and far more than their fair share.
All of these efforts to confiscate more money just speaks to a broader philosophical difference. The left wants to take take take more and more from hardworking Americans who have earned a good position in life to fuel their big government desires. I fundamentally believe government should be a very small part of your life, both in how much you rely on it and how much it takes from you.
The income tax, when first implemented, was progressive between 1 and 7%.
It won’t stop at $100mm and we all know it.
Yawn, we get it, you don't like paying more in taxes. Unfortunately we've also handicapped ourselves by adding trillions to the deficit because of the Trump tax cuts that benefitted you personally but harmed all of us in the long-term. Those have to be paid back somehow whether you like it or not but if you have a magic pill that will make it all go away, please run for office.
She gave a damn good speech last night that had to be better than anyone on the Right could have hoped for, so just breathe and be thankful that she didn't make any radical proposals. You may not get everything you want if she's elected but it appears you won't be as harmed as you imagined either.
The last damn good speech got us Obama. He is still running things and he has left things in disarray. We have no President for 6 months!
Spare us the good speeches. We were roaring under Trump and inflation was 1.9%.
Instead your grocery bill has exploded. The cost of shelter as a % of your income has exploded. Inflation got up to 9% under her admin.
I don’t care what her speech said, I care about the actions of the last 4 years!
You’re a smart guy. I’m actually surprised that you have become smitten with Kamala after dem strategists reshaped her public policy positions and she gave a good speech, also guided by dem strategists. I completely understand voting against Trump. But I’m genuinely surprised that smart folks like you actually seem enthusiastic about Kamala.
I am enthusiastic about the fact that she will keep us from having 4ore years of Trump, and maybe, just maybe allow the real adults to take back that party. I'm so tired of the constant negativity and pessimism. Trump is literally the old man yelling at clouds.
I am not a fan of some of the far left ideas,but I also realize that they are talking points and ideals. They also have shown a willingness to negotiate, which is what the government is all about.
Maybe you should focus on taking back your own party first. That is extremely rich.
Remember 4000 democrats chose the candidate.
4000 out of a theoretical “81 million” is 0.00005%
0.00005% of democrats vote meant something everyone else doesn’t mean shit to them.
4000 out of a theoretical “81 million” is 0.00005%
0.00005% of democrats vote meant something everyone else doesn’t mean shit to them.
Why do you care? Everyone will have a chance to vote in November and say how they feel about the candidates.
I can only go off what I've seen and heard and so far she's exceeded all my expectations. I don't know that I could hope for more in a candidate than what she's shown to this point. If she were a white middle aged man saying the same things, she'd likely have broader appeal, sad as that is to say. She's found her footing and comes across as a patriotic, tough and reasonable candidate that also has a chance of knocking off our national nightmare, so damn right I'm enthusiastic.
Yep, the dem strategy machine has done a good job remolding her into something electable. It's worked like a charm on you.
Given the options, I trust the adults more than Donald Trump, particularly when nobody of seriousness wants to work for him.
I have some faith that the Dems at least have competent people who will do their jobs.
Frankly, I also am ready to turn the page on the MAGA movement in America. I don't want to see the next generation of Republicans echoing Donald Trump. I want him to lose and show everyone that MAGA is a losing strategy.
In other words, YOUR taxes might go up and that should matter more than any other thing. 😅
