[Phantom Lord]

You think conservatives would get upset at the elimination of capital gains taxes?

[JohnGalt]

Since 1921, capital gains were considered income and yet it is taxed at a higher rate for the less wealthy and at a lower rate for the upper bracket.

Example: Worker at bottom bracket pays 12% on his income and 20% on his capital gains. Worker B pays a top rate 38% but 30% on his capital gains tax.

Do you think it was leftists who orchestrated this maneuver?

Leftists (i.e. class warfare types) recognize this. Conservatives cannot have it both ways, which they do. Capital gains are either income or they are not, hence there is no coherent Conservative movement to eliminate it, just tinker with it.