in my 401K. i have no income from stocks at all. none.
There is no surprise that stocks and dividends get special treatment.
yeah. they're owned by the rich.
Politicians take credit for a vibrant stock market.
Most of Bill Clinton's "great economy" was due to a booming market.
Even Greenspan, cheerleader for excess, called it "irrational". Some
of that was due to Clinton slashing the cap gains tax rate
and cutting the cap gains tax cut did precisely
zero
for the middle class. made the rich fantastically rich.