This morning's New York Times contains an op-ed by Warren Buffett that has naturally gotten quite a lot of attention: "Stop Coddling the Super-Rich". Progressive cheer. Others point out that capital income is taxed twice (corporate income tax and then capital gains/dividend tax), meaning that the effective rate is much higher than the statutory15% capital rates. And that in advocating for higher taxes, Warren Buffett is not necessarily always an entirely disinterested party.
All of this will be convincing to people who already agree with it, and unconvincing to those who don't. Almost no one changes their minds on these things.
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