[Unfortunately, Gardner said,] the way our tax system is set up, you only get some benefit because if you hold the stock for longer than a year, you get hit with just a 20 percent capital gains rate, which is nice. But if you hold on for less than a year, which is what day traders do, you'll be forking over taxes on your sales of stock based on your income tax bracket rate. And that, ... is why day traders are doing a great job right now of funding our highways, our prisons - and our bridges.
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