While I agree that the rich aren’t going to be paying as much in taxes as the middle class....I do question your statement about “carry backward and carry forward.” You can ONLY carry about $3000 a year in losses, if my memory is correct. With their losses they’ll be able to carry them for about the next 200 years, probably....
It isn't. You can't write off more than $3000 in long term capital losses against income in any one year, but you can carry it forward indefinitely. This is for individuals -- corporate carryforwards and carryback rules are more complex and have some time limitations.
I think the guys most concerned with capital gains taxes sold their shares last month about the 20th. It was mistaken for the “bottom” (which actually comes next month).