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FOXNews.com - Health Bill Extends Wage Tax to Investments
Someone please tell Obama that this is no way to encourage Americans to take risks with their capital on investing in the United States, and the world for that matter.
So I had to deal with my 40 percent losses in the market, and now you want to tax my recovery just because I re-diversified to the changed market?
This isn't government. This is reparations in disguise.
WASHINGTON - High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill.
For the first time, the Medicare payroll tax would be applied to investment income, beginning in 2013. A new 3.8 percent tax would be imposed on interest, dividends, capital gains and other investment income for individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000.
The bill also would increase the Medicare payroll tax by 0.9 percentage point to 2.35 percent on wages above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly.
The new tax on investment income is higher than the 2.9 percent tax proposed by President Barack Obama. House Democratic leaders increased it so they could reduce the impact of a new tax on high-cost health insurance plans strongly opposed by labor unions.
The 40 percent tax on health benefits would be delayed until 2018 and would apply only to premiums exceeding $10,200 a year for individuals and $27,500 for families.
Someone please tell Obama that this is no way to encourage Americans to take risks with their capital on investing in the United States, and the world for that matter.
So I had to deal with my 40 percent losses in the market, and now you want to tax my recovery just because I re-diversified to the changed market?
This isn't government. This is reparations in disguise.