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by throwaway5752 2605 days ago
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.