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To: dp0622
The tax code of the 1950s allowed upper-income Americans to take exemptions and deductions that are unheard of today. Tax shelters were widespread, and not just for the superrich. The working wealthy—including doctors, lawyers, business owners and executives—were versed in the art of creating losses to lower their tax exposure.

For instance, a doctor who earned $50,000 through his medical practice could reduce his taxable income to zero with $50,000 in paper losses or depreciation from property he owned through a real-estate investment partnership. Huge numbers of professionals signed up for all kinds of money-losing schemes. Today, a corresponding doctor earning $500,000 can deduct a maximum of $3,000 from his taxable income, no matter how large the loss.

If anything, liberals unwittingly make the case for the rich to keep more of their money.

35 posted on 08/28/2016 11:21:49 AM PDT by CommieCutter
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To: CommieCutter

Wow.


46 posted on 08/28/2016 11:28:25 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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