Earning in this context was meant as via asset inflation. See my original post where I directly mention cap gains.

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So, if you say one thing, then something different, I'm only allowed to reply to the comment you say is relevant?

(Rhetorical)   

You're arguing semantics rather than the core argument. I've clarified I meant cap gains, do you now have an opinion or no?

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Capital gains should be treated the same as ordinary income.  We should encourage MORE people to invest in our economy, not punish those who make a profit.  Taxes are used too often to shape behavior rather than simply fund the government.

I agree, capital gains should be treated like normal income. But it isn't, nor will it ever be because that's where the ultra rich make their money.

I'm fine with incentives, but it should be fair. You shouldn't be able to get richer by paying lower taxes, which is what's happening.

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You lost me.  You think the rich pay fewer taxes than the poor?  Than the lower-middle class?

On a percentage basis, yes. In absolute dollars, no.

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Wonder how much the rich pay in federal income tax? According to estimates by the Tax Policy Foundation,
the top 1 percent of earners (incomes in excess of $615,000) are paying nearly half — 45.7 percent — of
individual income taxes for tax year 2014.

The top 20 percent, with incomes above $134,300, contribute nearly 84 percent of all federal income taxes.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of earners, those in the bottom 80 percent, pay about 15 percent, with the bottom
60 percent contributing 2 percent to federal income taxes.

On a percentage basis, yes. In absolute dollars, no.

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Well you need to qualify what types of tax dollars you are talking about. Capital gains do get taxed at a lower rate so if that is what you meant then yes some rich people do pay a lower tax rate than poor and middle class, but not all rich people earn money through capital gains either. If you are talking straight income tax rates then yes the rich are taxed at a higher rate.

The tax rate is progressive (richer people pay a higher percentage) but higher income people have more access to greater deductions. Isn't that why people voted for Trump because he's a tax genius and pays no taxes?

When I do my taxes, the software compares me to the average taxpayer in my Middle Class income range and I see all sorts of deductions that I'm not even remotely qualified for. Makes me wonder what I'm missing out on or if the data is fake.

The tax rate is progressive (richer people pay a higher percentage) but higher income people have more access to greater deductions. Isn't that why people voted for Trump because he's a tax genius and pays no taxes?

When I do my taxes, the software compares me to the average taxpayer in my Middle Class income range and I see all sorts of deductions that I'm not even remotely qualified for. Makes me wonder what I'm missing out on or if the data is fake.

All of this is a positive and the lower corporate rate along with the lower tax rates will encourage more and more companies to do things like this. The more companies do this sort of thing the bettter and stronger the economy gets and the better the salaries/bonuses for the workers. It is not an instantaneous thing but something that occurs over time.

This is what those who believe in these contentions hope happens.

However, empirically, what we have seen, especially in the case of the ultra-rich larger corporations, is the transfer of their profits to offshore banks to escape federal and state corporate taxation or investment in non-business expansionary related things like real estate, with both actions not contributing to the increase of workers wage or salaries and, in the case of real estate, contributing to the creation of unsustainable real estate bubbles.

This is what those who believe in these contentions hope happens.

However, empirically, what we have seen, especially in the case of the ultra-rich larger corporations, is the transfer of their profits to offshore banks to escape federal and state corporate taxation or investment in non-business expansionary related things like real estate, with both actions not contributing to the increase of workers wage or salaries and, in the case of real estate, contributing to the creation of unsustainable real estate bubbles.