cap gains
upon further review i think i'm going to amend my position on the capital gains tax. it's clearly an unfair and biased tax that favors rich folks. however, if we got rid of it and made things more fair the middle and lower income classes would make more money. originally i assumed their productivity would stay the same. it'd go down because they're complacent. but it'd go up because they're happier. after cogitating on the subject some more i think their productivity would go to hell. we see it all the time at work. young low wage workers enter the workforce. do all the work. and the older higher paid guys do nothing except scoop up the credit. so. when us rich folks grab a larger chunk of the pie leaving crumbs for the rest it's really good for the economy. cause otherwise you'd turn into lazy slobs and wouldn't get anything done. it took a whole lot of exchanges with the "victims" of the capital gains con. but i think i got it now. thanks! i'm gonna be so rich. and apparently, that's just the way everyone wants it.