So , corporations pay lower taxes (unless you are GE and have not paid them in 35 years ) and then they tax the individual at a capital gains tax rate which makes up for the lowered corporate rate.
How about they reduce the taxes for individuals and corporations and then eliminate the capital gains tax for dividends?
I still regard it as a tax on a tax.
I don't have a copy of my utility bills right now, but I have seen taxes on them that are small taxes based on another tax I paid. It is only .02 or .03. But I think it is sneaky and a round about way of taxing us without having to justify raising another tax. It may not sound like much but .02 multiplied by 8MN people in the metropolitan area (Dallas/Ft Worth) is a lot of money every month. It's not the money, it's the principle.
I got an idea, how about reinstating Glass Steagall.........it separated investment banking and commercial banking. It was instituted in 1933 to provide stability in the financial industry but was repealed by Clinton in 1999.
They said it was ineffective when it was repealed, but there should be some kind of reform in the financial industry so if there is a financial crisis, the failure of a large bank won't bring down the whole industry like a house of cards.
Isn't it the banks of North Dakota that do not belong to the FDIC and have their own statewide banking insurance ? They are probably the most financially secure.
They still need to reinstate the uptick rule. Without it, the only people it will benefit will be the investment houses with HF Trading.
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