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Many (most?) hedge funds actively trade and receive only short-term cap gains, so this loop-hole does not apply to them.
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How about the fact that Congressional Democrats immediately went to work on closing the loop-hole that they've claimed doesn't exist?
Source: Joe Wilson racking up the dollars after 'you lie' comment 2009
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So basically the republicans are stopping the government from working right and are laughing and admitting to it because they found a loop-hole in the law.
Democrats press Republicans to stop secret holds in Senate 2010
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So basically the republicans are stopping the government from working right and are laughing and admitting to it because they found a loop-hole in the law.
Democrats press Republicans to stop secret holds in Senate 2010
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I know a lot of hedge fund managers, and very few oppose repealing this loop-hole.
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Maybe it was legal, but it was a loop-hole that allowed McCain to circumvent the law.
McCain: 'What we did was perfectly legal and appropriate' 2008
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Obama accepted nearly $100 million from Lobbyist and PACs (through a convenient loop-hole) and now wants to close it behind him.
Obama keeps Dean 2008
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People like Samsara creep up against every boundary, breaking laws that have yet to evolve, but every loop-hole curls in on itself in time.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Maybe the law could allow it; perhaps there was some overlooked loop-hole?
Begonia {part two} 2010
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June 2nd, 2008 9: 49 am ET obama is really stretching it this time. he won chicago by disqualify votes and he is doing it again. he can't win by getting more votes, just by disqualifying others. if he didn't have a history of doing this, i would think differently. but you can't keep disqualifying voters and then think you had nothing to do with it. he is now the loop-hole candidate.
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