Itisanabsolutefact that there is no way to achieve the kind of balance in a broad deficit reduction package, a balance that requires significant revenues, without rates going up on top earners.
And itisanabsolutefact in our history that when our middle class is strong, when the economy is growing from the middle out instead of from the top down, our country is stronger and our people are better off.
Ignoring for a second that this comparison completely ignores the vastly different risk profile of these two investments, it also ignores the fact that on anabsolute basis, a 2% dividend yield is among the lowest in history and portends very low returns going forward.