For Chapple-Hyam it was really a day of redemption after having hit the heights with Dr Devious and other classic winners he opted to leave for Hong Kong, which was a lowpoint in his career and he decided on a lowkey return to Europe.
Most of these rationales for low taxes on people like Mitt Romney are wrong or overstated, and they miss a keypoint: taxing capital gains at much lower rates than other income creates a ginormous loophole that leads to a tremendous amount of inefficient tax shelter activity.