As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses is taxing them. They ought to be thinking long-term about their ownership, not just their income, and that they should pay taxes on capital, as well as taxes on labor.

Most Republicans have made it very clear they're not interested in raising taxes. They want to reform government.

The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

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