> we should have at least ~60% top marginal tax rates and treat capital gains exactly the same as income I agree on principle with this bit at least, but I'm p

> we should have at least ~60% top marginal tax rates and treat capital gains exactly the same as income I agree on principle with this bit at least, but I'm pessimistic that a change like this could ever happen. It seems right now the cat and mouse game is around what counts as income and what doesn't, and increasingly complex methods of exercising control over some asset without ever "earning" it until it's beneficial to do so, if ever.