The reason is that, as noted earlier,
ordinary income always fills the lower brackets first, and capital gains stack on top.
This seems not to be compatible with what we find in our data: high overall popular agreement with the following statements «Government should redistribute
incomes» (agree 52 %, disagree 23 %), «Big business takes advantage of
ordinary people» (agree 77 %, disagree 8 %), «Ordinary working people do not get their fair share» (agree 72 %, disagree 11 %), «There is one law for the rich and one for the poor» (agree 71 %, disagree 14 %), and «Management will always try to get the better of employees» (agree 68 %, disagre
ordinary people» (agree 77 %, disagree 8 %), «
Ordinary working people do not get their fair share» (agree 72 %, disagree 11 %), «There is one law for the rich and one for the poor» (agree 71 %, disagree 14 %), and «Management will always try to get the better of employees» (agree 68 %, disagre
Ordinary working people do not get their fair share» (agree 72 %, disagree 11 %), «There is one law for the rich and one for the poor» (agree 71 %, disagree 14 %), and «Management will
always try to get the better of employees» (agree 68 %, disagree 12 %).
The money you receive from distributions is
always considered regular (or, in IRS terms, «
ordinary»)
income and is taxed at a standard rate.