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Re:New law lets you defer capital gains taxes by investing i... by dev_dull on Thursday October 18, 2018 @08:53PM (#18253575)
> They don't have an army of accountants on retainer to figure out how to game the tax code and accomplish things that weren't really intended.

Even that doesn’t sound that bad to me. All of those people have a job, are being paid and are also paying taxes.

Also that sounds like a tax code bug and not a rich people problem. The government is allowed to collect exactly the minimum required by law and nothing more.

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Re:New law lets you defer capital gains taxes by investing i... by moate on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:25AM (#18257350)
>>Also that sounds like a tax code bug and not a rich people problem. The government is allowed to collect exactly the minimum required by law and nothing more.

Not to be "that guy" but who do you think is writing the tax code, if not rich people and the government officials they help fund? Of course it's a rich people problem, or rather a rich people solution.

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