re: #375 000G

You may calculate “the whole cost” all you want, that’s your prerogative. You still have not shown how the specific cost of making an investment by purchasing stock would have risen by having raised taxes on dividend income.

You could even argue, that raised taxes would leave you with less money to reinvest. However, that would still do nothing to show how the specific cost of purchasing stock would have grown due to raised taxes on dividend earnings.

Well we disagree about how to calculate the cost of an investment. If I have a choice, all things being equal, I would try and invest in something that might cost me less in taxes rather than more.