Isn&#x27;t this the point of Capital Gains taxes?<p>I&#x27;ve never understood why the capital gains tax rate is lower than the rate for normal income.  Capital gains are basically money you earn for having money and not being an idiot with it.  It&#x27;s one of the major ways the rich get even richer just because they are rich and how the wealth gap widens.<p>From a 10,000 foot view it seems like it should be taxed at a higher rate than normal income, since theoretically the person had to actually work for their normal income which directly helped the economy and the country as a whole.