PE> I want to do 2.5->3 trades, but if I just do that normally,
PE> I will have to pay 50% tax right now, which is a huge whack,
PE> which I would rather delay until I am living on the bread line.

BL> Have a closer look at the tax scales. On the breadline where
BL> I am, the 20% tax I pay is more painful than the 30% you pay.
BL> It's not the marginal rate you write on the check you send off
BL> every April, it's the overall rate and what you have left over.

Poor old Bob. No wonder he got flushed. Designed the T.29, cant
grasp what tariffs are about, and now cant even do a credible coat
trail. WAY past time when the gas chamber is the best solution by far.
@EOT:

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