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unaccredited investors are free to
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invest in corporations that invest in real estate
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and they're subject to the corporate profits tax.
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Wealthy people have the choice of
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getting around the corporate profits tax.
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So, in a sense, the tax structure was regressive.
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It was saying, we're going to
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have lower taxes on rich people than on ordinary people;
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that didn't seem fair at all,
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so there was a complaint aired about DPPs in the late 1950s.
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People said, let's change it,
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let's make it so that everybody can have something like a DPP.