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John Thune: “The wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income.”

On the recordJune 18, 2012
The wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Thune questions the fairness of taxing capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income.

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