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Re:Capital Gains Tax Rate Set at 25% in House Democrats’ Plan by dghlsakjg on Monday September 13, 2021 @05:27PM (#28517106)
The overall median income for all full-time workers in the USA is $39.5k. For full-time with a doctorate it is $79k. I think that 5-10x the median income of any education group is an ok place to pay higher capital gains.

$480k puts you more than $100k into the top 1%...

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Re:Capital Gains Tax Rate Set at 25% in House Democrats’ Plan by ergocoder on Monday September 13, 2021 @06:37PM (#28517817)
But these high earners already pay fair share of tax.

I thought we would target billionaires, no?

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Re:Capital Gains Tax Rate Set at 25% in House Democrats’ Plan by thatcat on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:27AM (#28524440)
maybe it should be based on net worth and not income
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Re:Capital Gains Tax Rate Set at 25% in House Democrats’ Plan by mbfg on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:05PM (#28519734)
how did you determine "fair share"
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