Higher percent on a whole lot less money, I'd wager. Yeah, most of mine's interest, dividends, capital gains etc. these days. This is why a lot of people think everything should be a flat rate regardless of source, but understand, the tax regulations are structured by people that want to use taxes and laws for social engineering rather than old fashioned stuff like justice and protecting rights. They decide how they want you to act, and structure it so it's lose/lose; either you do it their way or you pay not to. You lose either way.