John Thune actually said...

the wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income.

I think that, based on historically the way you have pegged that, as a percentage of GDP, it is about in the right place.

This does appear to an American citizen, an American traveler, as, one, a violation of international law, a violation of American sovereignt...

I think it's going to be perceived as a tax.