Today’s Wall Street Journal editorial “The Buffet Ruse” digs into the nuts and bolts of President Obama’s State of the Union address and the clear assault on investment that is underway. The editorial cites ACCF research on international comparisons of capital gains rates:
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"...to marshal more venture capital for more new industries -- the kind of efforts that begin with a couple of partners setting out to create and develop a new product -- we intend to lower the maximum capital gains tax rate."
- President Reagan
"The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital from static to more dynamic situations, the ease or difficulty experienced in new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth of the economy."
- President Kennedy
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