The big rich scam is that you're taxed 15% on stocks no matter what your income.
You're taxed at 0-35% depending on income. Once you earn $388,000, every dollar ABOVE $388,000 is taxed at 35%.
Actually, every dollar above $8,700 is taxed higher than 15% for normal people.
So, even a person earning 50K (which is taxed at 28%) would love to have the 15% tax bracket instead of 28%.
This is not true. Take Tim Cook for example. He was given Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as a retention bonus. They vest after 5 and 10 years. When his RSUs vest, he will pay his normal income tax rate (for him the highest bracket). Any gains after that date he makes on those shares are taxed at the capital gains rate.