Obama's first failed appointment

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

From your chart:



That is a lot of different souces of "income" which most people would not include as income. So it sort of scews the results as being less than accurate IMHO.

Yes, well, the rich would love it if their capital gains did not count as income, even though it most definitely is. I would prefer it if capital gains were taxed more and actual work-related income was taxed much less.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

Yes, well, the rich would love it if their capital gains did not count as income, even though it most definitely is. I would prefer it if capital gains were taxed more and actual work-related income was taxed much less.

I would agree that capital gains are income.