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21 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 February 2008 09:42PM

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Comment author: Jason_Ruspini 07 February 2008 11:13:42PM 0 points [-]

Peter, you are right and the first step is to just be able to insure against taxes. This is what I'm trying to do over at Intrade:

http://www.intrade.com/index.jsp?request_operation=trade&request_type=action&selConID=575719

I am using the highest federal marginal income rate as a proxy for effective rates. There are other factors that determine effective rates like AMT and the social security cap, and I think we will launch those markets at some point if liquidity builds.