But from these Internet icons' subsequent pratfalls you might draw the wrong conclusion about technology startups and miss the point about 1995-2000.

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Most of these rationales for low taxes on people like Mitt Romney are wrong or overstated, and they miss a key point: taxing capital gains at much lower rates than other income creates a ginormous loophole that leads to a tremendous amount of inefficient tax shelter activity.

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They believe that if any company averages 31% growth every year, and if they miss that average, then it means that the company did something wrong.

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Our ranch house was located just north of Divide, Montana, a tiny town you could miss from the highway if you happened to adjust your radio at the wrong moment.

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