Barak Obama as part of his “Tax Fairness of the Middle Class” wants to raise the capital gains rate from 15 to 28%.  The last time the government did something so rash was 1986 and look what happened.  This would be a nail in the coffin for real estate, not to mention the economy and the stock market.  Think about his – if this is about fairness for the middle class, is Obama saying that anyone who owns investment real estate is a rich person?

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