Sinkman, I always read your posts and have great respect for your common sense and intelligence......HOWEVER.....you have a "blipp" in that thread of admiration if you think the advocate of "change" is going to grandfather ANY tax change.

In othe words "YOU HAVE ROCKS IN YOUR HEAD"....

Cap Gains applies soley to any stock you have held for over 1 YEAR. It makes no difference when you purchased it, only that you have held it for the required time.

If you have held EDig for over a year and sell for a profit it will be Cap gains the moment you sell even if you purchased it 9 years ago.

And don't think the advocate of "change" will make his increase in the cap gains effective 2010, it WILL BE IMMEDIATE AND FOR THE REPORTING YEAR OF 2009.

So we all had better hope EDig goes to $10 in the next month and a half or we will be facing a tax that will be very close to an ordinary income rate.