Harris wants a 28% capital gains tax rate. How it compares with history [Video]

As the election ramps up, many investors are focused on capital gains taxes and how proposals from both parties could affect their assets.  

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris last week proposed a 28% tax on long-term capital gains, or profits from the sale of assets owned for more than one year, for those making more than $1 million annually. The plan would raise the top rate from 20%.

“I would go higher than that,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday told NBC’s “Meet the Press” of Harris’ proposal. “I think she’s trying to be pragmatic and doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election.”

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