Debate: Should We Stop Taxing Capital Gains?
Would eliminating taxes on investment and savings help the economy grow or simply create more inequality?

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as other income.
Warrant 0: most income is tax-free
Warrant 1: income is not tax-free
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Do not stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Middle class savers would be protected if they could get past interest.
Warrant 0: we do not need a good, strong economy based on the middle class savings
Warrant 1: we need a good, strong economy based on the middle class savings
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Without capital gains tax, the market would collapse.
Warrant 0: the collapse of the market could possibly lead to worse things
Warrant 1: the collapse of the market could possibly lead to better things
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Without capital gains taxes, the working class will be shouldering the weight of the rich.
Warrant 0: the working class shouldn't support the rich
Warrant 1: the rich class shouldn't support the working class
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as other income.
Warrant 0: it is taxed when it is earned and then a second tax when it becomes a capital gain meaning people are taxed twice for the same money
Warrant 1: it is taxed when it is earned and then a second tax when it becomes a capital gain meaning people are not taxed twice for the same money
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Not taxing capital gains did not work previously and it still won't.
Warrant 0: it also didn't work when we did tax capital gains
Warrant 1: it did work when we did tax capital gains
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Stop taxing capital gains
Reason: Dividends are earnings and should be treated the same as wages, interest, or CDs.
Warrant 0: all of these things are already taxed less than is fair
Warrant 1: all of these things are already taxed more than is fair
Correct warrant: 1