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John Kerry

beachmom

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5. Yeah, he made noises sorta kinda in support, but he didn't do much about it.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 05:04 PM

Jan 2012

As they say, talk is cheap. When it came to action, he did nothing. And the idea that it was so venture capital could fund green tech, well, sorry, no dice. They could still have done that AND paid higher taxes. (But to be clear, Bain is almost all private equity, NOT venture capital -- it's all taxed like carried interest but venture capital helps start-ups whereas what Romney mostly did was leveraged buy-outs of older companies).

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I thought that name looked familiar ... [View all] beachmom Jan 2012 OP

Like you, I recognized the name - and cringed. karynnj Jan 2012 #1

Yeah, that carried interest is hopefully getting to be better known beachmom Jan 2012 #3

He was mentioned in one article and he had actually supported getting rid of part of the preference karynnj Jan 2012 #4

Yeah, he made noises sorta kinda in support, but he didn't do much about it. beachmom Jan 2012 #5

I remember him too Inuca Jan 2012 #2