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.
edit: Downvotes instead of rebuttals. Nice.
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.