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    Obama wanted Lerner to “Fix it now before the election”

    That's not true. I can only deduct 50% of my AGI as charitable contributions.
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    What if a Republican said this?

    My bad. Didn't realize that a 'gaffe' was the point of your original post. My answer in that case is that anyone that talks so much in public makes tens (hundreds?) of stupid gaffes. This is not party specific and using these gaffes as ammo is most certainly not party specific - just a bit...
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    What if a Republican said this?

    ATLANTA Newt Gingrich, campaigning at the state Capitol today, said he would deepen Savannah’s port if he’s elected president. Nobody made the jokes you claimed would most certainly occur. Where are the 'endless' threads mocking Mr Gingrich? I wonder? And those campaign commercials using Mr...
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    Favorite Democratic, Liberal and Progressive Quotes.....

    “We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines." Maxine Waters
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    Capital Gains Tax

    To date he's sold about 2 bil of his personal FB stock holdings. FB raised 16 billion with their IPO
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    Capital Gains Tax

    Wrong. The IPO was for 421 million shares. FB has over 2 billion shares. MZ shares were never part of the IPO and the IPO price was calculated factoring in the 1.8 billion other outstanding shares. No IPO money was diverted to MZ. They raised what they said they would raise. MZ sold his personal...
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    Capital Gains Tax

    Zuckerberg got it for SELLING SHARES, not diverting cash raised by Facebook during their IPO.
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    Capital Gains Tax

    The founders had original shares that were traded in for the company's newly issued shares. Not all the newly issued shares are reserved to be sold during the IPO, some are traded to the founders for their original shares. That's where their wealth is generated - not from cash diverted from...
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    Capital Gains Tax

    So you've just shown, that they don't take the money raised from the IPO, they are just issued millions of shares (a proper percentage ) in exchange for their original ownership shares. They then proceed to sell these shares on the open market. The cash from the IPO was untouched and can serve...
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    Capital Gains Tax

    They don't take the money that the IPO raised to cash out. They 'cash out' with stock and stock options. The money raised during an IPO is used for expansion and the IPO documents actually have a proposed budget of where the funds will be used/allocated. Of course they could borrow money - why...
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    Capital Gains Tax

    What does bank interest have to do with shares sold on the secondary market?
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    Capital Gains Tax

    I would agree with one caveat - The INITIAL money that is raised with IPO's and the like can lead to rapid expansion, hiring, etc. - only problem being that there is currently no mechanism for identifying shares purchased during the initial fundraising/expansion efforts and aftermarket...
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    Obama Protesters Sing 'Bye Bye Black Sheep,' in AZ [W:161]

    Re: Obama Protesters Sing 'Bye Bye Black Sheep,' in AZ Bush's men in black sunglasses have made marines remove their bolt carrier groups, essentially rendering their weapons useless for anything other than photo ops. This was done on a Thanksgiving dinner (as one example)
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    Should govn't be banned from spending money on abortion matters contrary to beliefs?

    Re: Should govn't be banned from spending money on abortion matters contrary to belie Low interest financing assistance maybe, but not pay for. (don't laugh, I'm serious)
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    Freedom of Religion vs the Mandate to Evolve [W 65]

    Good luck with everything. Seriously.
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