Is the capital gains tax alive or dead?

Meanwhile, a committee of heavyweights on the left forms to defend the tax

So there have been some interesting incremental developments in the two-ring circus that is the fight over Washington’s new capital gains tax.

But first, a disclaimer: I’m mostly writing this because it offers a unique opportunity to reference both Schrödinger’s Cat — a mind-bending thought experiment from quantum mechanics — and Exploding Kittens — a r…