Jeff Bone <jbone@jump.net> writes:
> Way to go, Kragen. You wouldn't want to let anything icky like facts
> contaminate the purity of your moral judgements and pronouncements.
Yeah, it's amazing how fast simple, pure moral judgments get
complicated and contradictory when you bring facts into it, isn't it?
> Let me sketch in the most abstract possible sense the heart of my
> irritation. The IRS can treat as a tax liability certain things --- say,
> an exchange of private equity for public --- while at the same time the
> SEC can prevent realizing liquidity from that transaction for a prolonged
> period.
Ouch. I don't suppose you can pay your taxes with CMGi stock you
wouldn't be able to sell, can you? That would seem to be an eminently
fair solution.
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