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Re:End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy? by torstenvl on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:28PM (#17831453)
When the shareholder realizes the gain from the share price, that gain is taxed. And if it is a short-term holding, that income is taxed like regular income. Nobody is getting taxed at 0%.
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Re:End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy? by mercutio2 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @08:55PM (#17831940)
If you have little or no ordinary income, a decent chunk of qualified dividends and long term capital gains pay 0% federal income tax. $77k for joint filers in 2018. [0]

Not a particular trustworthy site, but whatever:

[0] https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-use-the-zero-percent-tax-r...

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