Comments on: Congratulations To Barack Obama And Joe Biden http://amateurassetallocator.com/2008/11/05/congratulations-to-barack-obama-and-joe-biden/ Amateur Asset Allocator Tue, 22 May 2012 02:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ted Murphy http://amateurassetallocator.com/2008/11/05/congratulations-to-barack-obama-and-joe-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Ted Murphy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:01:20 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=332#comment-2187 I thought there was literally no policy Obama was suggesting that would benefit me -- I particularly disliked his ideas for universal health care (swapping a system with greater than 80% approval for one with less than 40% approval), his desire to raise my taxes (yes, my household makes more than $150k per year), and his stated desire to leave Iraq (I think that the war in Iraq has kept me safer). So your point that he is "Eliminating capital gains taxes on start-up and small businesses" came as a shock. Until I realized that there is never any capital gains generated in a startup or small business. Whew! What a relief! I thought there was literally no policy Obama was suggesting that would benefit me — I particularly disliked his ideas for universal health care (swapping a system with greater than 80% approval for one with less than 40% approval), his desire to raise my taxes (yes, my household makes more than $150k per year), and his stated desire to leave Iraq (I think that the war in Iraq has kept me safer).

So your point that he is “Eliminating capital gains taxes on start-up and small businesses” came as a shock. Until I realized that there is never any capital gains generated in a startup or small business. Whew! What a relief!

]]> By: Andy http://amateurassetallocator.com/2008/11/05/congratulations-to-barack-obama-and-joe-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Andy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:40:39 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=332#comment-2178 Yes, it was a historic moment yesterday and I was glad to be able to watch it unfold. Act 1 is over and now we shall see how the rest of the play unfolds. Thanks for the link back and look forward to reading your analysis. I know you did not choose to blog full time right now, but it must be good to be able to focus 100% on writing/bloggging. Yes, it was a historic moment yesterday and I was glad to be able to watch it unfold. Act 1 is over and now we shall see how the rest of the play unfolds. Thanks for the link back and look forward to reading your analysis. I know you did not choose to blog full time right now, but it must be good to be able to focus 100% on writing/bloggging.

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