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Originally Posted by wader-dad
I am sorry to disagree. If I get a dollar in interest on my lousy money market account that is paying next to nothing and pay federal tax of 30 cents, I am not happy if the CEO of WC Bradley is paying 15 cents on each dollar of dividends he gets from the 5,000,000 shares he got when he exercised his stock options that he paid for with the sales proceeds of a portion of the option shares. So percents matter to me.
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The CEO has to pay income tax on the stock options when exercised as INCOME. He then pays 15% on the capital gains - price change from when he he exercsied until when he sells.