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In reply to the discussion: Obama Is Flexible On Highest Tax Rates [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)and not one of them has ever mentioned CG or dividends. All they ever mention is the mythical top rate.
And Obama never mentions it.
I listened to Jay Carney's daily briefing today. I think he mentioned to mythical top rate at least a dozen times and never once talked about the real items.
It could be that Obama is just being coy, and plans to hold the line on these things. But I doubt it. He isn't talking about it because he is keeping open the option of negotiating it away. At some point late in the negotiations, he will turn to Boehner and say "Come on John. You know that top rate doesn't mean anything. The people you are worried about it have a million ways to avoid paying that. And I haven't laid a glove on them in this whole process. You have to give me that top rate because that's what I have everybody talking about. This is a great deal for you. Give me that headline and we both know it will have zero impact on anybody."