[TheBeardKing]

That's the real problem. Capital gains taxes are at historic lows since the Bush administration [1]. They should be bracketed like income. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_Unite...

edit: Downvotes instead of rebuttals. Nice.

[throwaway5752]

I think you're being downvoted because capital gains are split between long and short term gains, and short term gains are already taxed like income.

The division exists to encourage longer term investment, and it's probably a good policy. I didn't downvote you, because I think that general point that the spread between long and short term rates is too regressive at higher income brackets.