Quick ReadThe national debt grows $1.8 trillion per year, putting $50 trillion within arithmetic reach as Trump pushes a capital gains tax cut. The top 1% captures between 50 and 70 percent of all capital gains, making inflation indexing a benefit concentrated almost entirely among the wealthiest households. The proposal could add $950 billion to debt by 2035, yet most middle-class equity sits inside 401(k)s where capital gains indexing never applies. At that pace, $50 trillion isn't a distant hypothetical -- it's arithmetic. Meanwhile, the bottom 80% of the income distribution realizes only a small single-digit share of all capital gains, and many middle-income households report none at all in a typical year.