"If it were up to me, I would end the concept of carried interest. I don’t have carried interest…and I don’t even have a lot of capital gains. It’s all income from the company, taxable as ordinary income. [I pay the] highest [tax] rate, state, city and federal, [excluding] the money I give to charity."
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This week New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, a billionaire who owns Bloomberg LP and who is often reluctant to reveal personal financial information, reiterated his opposition to the benefit.
