What are you talking about? Plenty of us have brokerage accounts and pay taxes on capital gains and dividends every year.
Dividends yes but many of us can choose whether to sell stock or not
No sell no taxable gain
Then plenty of people should understand the difference between short term and long term cap gains, the real estate exemption on cap gains (500k per couple for the sale of their home) and the difference in how it is applied to those of us who work for living (i.e it barely does) compared to those who trade paper for a living.
Bill Gates should propose a change in how “short term” vs “long term” is defined. Currently “short term” is 1 year, where actual income rates apply.
I would like to see investors keep their money in investments, rather then flip, profit, flip profit, inflating asset bubbles even further.