If they're playing by the same rules, which it appears that they are... Of course they are playing by the same rules. Rich and poor alike get preferential tax

If they're playing by the same rules, which it appears that they are... Of course they are playing by the same rules. Rich and poor alike get preferential tax rates on capital gains income the same way that rich and poor alike get tax breaks on private jet ownership depreciation. Anything else would be class warfare.