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Old 12-10-2017, 11:10 AM   #83
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Originally Posted by Sunbeam lodge View Post
Add to this the fact that hedge fund managers are able to avoid high payroll taxes using the law they had their politicians pass that allows them to call their "wages" capital gains at the lower tax rate of 15% rather than the 39% rate they should pay on wages. The new Trump plan carries the same provision allowing them to escape high taxes that you and i will pay.
I thought Trump had promised to change that part of the tax code so that Hedge Fund managers would pay at the regular rate like everyone else? Just another lie out of his mouth.
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