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Comment author: ChristianKl 08 November 2013 01:57:17PM 2 points [-]

Extra questions for politics. Policy questions might be better than identification labels.

The European welfare system is superior to the American system:
Strong Disagreement - Light Disagreement - Neutral - Light Approval - Strong Approval

Snowden did the right thing in making secret documents public:
Strong Disagreement - Light Disagreement - Neutral - Light Approval - Strong Approval

Capital gains should be taxed the same way as other income:
Strong Disagreement - Light Disagreement - Neutral - Light Approval - Strong Approval

Gun ownership should be legally restricted by the government:
Strong Disagreement - Light Disagreement - Neutral - Light Approval - Strong Approval

It was right for the West to intervene militarily in Lybia:
Strong Disagreement - Light Disagreement - Neutral - Light Approval - Strong Approval

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 09 November 2013 08:25:56AM -1 points [-]

Capital gains should be taxed the same way as other income:

This question is ambiguous. Do you mean that capital gains should not be subject to double taxation (once as a tax on corporate profits and again as capital gains tax), or do you mean that the capital gains rate should be the same as the income tax rate regardless of what the corporate tax rate is?

Comment author: ChristianKl 09 November 2013 08:46:37AM *  0 points [-]

I mean the second one. So:

"Capital gains rate should be the same as the income tax rate regardless of what the corporate tax rate is."

That sentence seems a bit long, but it does the job. If you have suggestions about making it shorter will keeping the precision I'm grateful.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 20 November 2013 04:10:05AM *  0 points [-]

Lybia:

Libya.

Also, "American system" - I think you mean US. I'd say that explicitly.