Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Democrats' Tax Hike Fuels Opportunity Zone Gold Rush! #shorts

8 Apr 2026 · 0 min

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In this short dialogue, Tommy Dobczyk explains that Democrats are proposing to raise the capital gains tax from the current ~32% to 35.8%, with the possibility of even higher rates like 55%. He frames this policy change as a strategic opportunity: higher capital gains taxes will drive wealthy investors to place their money into Opportunity Zone Funds, which can defer or eliminate capital gains tax over a ten‑year period. Dobczyk describes his team's recent marketing push—a 60‑second video and a newly hired ads team—to sell a book about Opportunity Zones, positioning the tax hike as a catalyst for a "gold rush" of investment. He uses a football metaphor to portray the tax increase as a deliberate trick play that benefits his side, linking it to broader political dynamics around elections. The conversation ends with a reference to "The Science of Getting Rich," suggesting a philosophical alignment with wealth‑creation principles.

Are you in the deal room?
Capital gains tax on all you rich people at 35.8%. Right now it's about 32. 35.8% is higher than it's been since 1978. Right. So Democrats are going tit for tat saying capital gains needs to be blah, blah, blah. Here's what I see that as. I see that as somebody literally like accidentally throwing the ball, playing football, throwing the ball to the, like the quarterback passing it right to the wrong player. 100%, only to have somebody else come up and smash that dude and cause the ball to go flying off into Never-Neverland. And we pick it up and score a touchdown. Super trick play, right? Why is it a super trick play? Because if I can get them to agree to do the voter thing, I don't have any more rigged elections chaos, right? And they're going to make us pay more in capital gains, which then means that the Opportunity Zone Fund program that we're focused on and becoming experts at And I just ran and did a 60-second video trying to sell our book. I got our new ads team that we just paid a bunch of money to yesterday starting to sell this book today. Okay. On Opportunity Zone Funds, because yes, please raise that tax to 55%. Like, let them raise it as high as they want because I want them to come over here and put their money here so that in 10 years that it eliminates their capital gains tax. Right.
So when we listen back to what The Science of Getting Rich and what he just said, again, I hope I want you to hear it from what he— what Tommy just said inside of that.