Comments on: Obama will raise capital gains tax

By: Dave Sanenberg

Dave Sanenberg — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:27:43 +0000

I almost got fooled by this jerk. I’m glad that I kept reading. This guy has got to go, he’s just a snake in the grass.

By: Steve Darden

Steve Darden — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:35:26 +0000

Thanks for the CNBC interview link. I see your point, but I also note that Obama zigged and zagged so much in the interview that it really isn’t clear if he has a position. However, his voting record as most liberal senator is very clear. So far as I can tell he has never met a tax, a tariff, a subsidy, or a new spending program that he doesn’t like.

I’m reading between the lines, but in the CNBC interview I had the strong impression that Obama is trying to figure out just how much the government can tax out of the economy before the voters rebel.

By: Joachim Horsley

Joachim Horsley — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:32:55 +0000

As noted in this interview http://www.cnbc.com/id/23832520/, I don’t think Obama is interested in raising the cap gains tax to 28%. However, He is willing to put it at 15-25% with some kind of relief for people of “middle class” income. How he plans on doing this, I don’t know. Perhaps a tax credit on income tax? Frankly, I don’t think he’ll be able to get away with raising it above 20% when he becomes President.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:15:06 +0000

Mr. Obama taking money from everyone.

First, he said he would raise taxes on those people making over $200,000, but a large, if not majority of Americans, have a vested in interest in the stock market than they did 20 years ago.

So, when you raise the capital gains tax, you are taxing EVERYBODY in the stock market.

But, then again, Mr. Obama probably thinks only the rich invest in the market.