[SaxxonWoods]

It’s people like Liz who have caused me (in retirement) to look for every possible way to lower my taxable income legally by using the government’s own classification rules.

If the govt ever starts taxing interest, dividends, mineral royalties, capital gains and Treasury Bonds as “earned income” most retirees will be in mucho trouble.

[GaltMeister]

If the govt ever starts taxing interest, dividends, mineral royalties, capital gains and Treasury Bonds as “earned income” most retirees will be in mucho trouble. Even worse if they can get the "unrealized capital gains tax" you have to figure up every year on your investments that they have talked about.