Tired of winning yet?

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

why do you think investments should be taxed at all?...just curious

Because you're benefiting from the system everybody contributes to. It takes a village Scott.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Because you're benefiting from the system everybody contributes to. It takes a village Scott.

I was hoping for an intelligent answer

[spence]

Originally Posted by scottw

I was hoping for an intelligent answer

Maybe find someone intelligent to help you with it then

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Maybe find someone intelligent to help you with it then

yeah,,,probably asking in the wrong place

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

Because you're benefiting from the system everybody contributes to. It takes a village Scott.

All benefits from the system are not taxed. There are benefits given to those who don't even contribute to the system whose benefits are not taxed. Taxing some benefits would be considered by many to be onerous. Taxing some contributions to the system, such as investing, would be considered by some as creating a disincentive to contributing and therefor a possible subtraction from the value of the system. Even more so as the taxes rise.