Investment income is taxed at a maximum 15 percent, instead of the 35 percent we working folks pay on "ordinary" income, such as salaries and wages.

Doesn't that strike you as backwards? Or, at the very least, inequitable. Interest income, which is "earned" by sitting back and doing nothing (while your money "works" for you), is taxed at a much lower rate than income that is earned by doing productive work.

Just askin'.