If it was a 1 for 1 relationship regarding taxes and wealth, then you would be right and none of the wealthy would argue. They would thank you and hug and kiss you until you felt like the most loved person in the whole world. lol

Seriously, what you propose is something along the lines of a flat tax where the burden falls proportionately on the income earned. I am all for that, but I have to tell you that sort of goal is a far cry from what we have now.

If I make 10 times as much in income as one of my employees, then I pay 50-65 times as much in taxes. Of course I should pay more if I earn more. I have no problem paying 10 times as much in taxes if I earn 10 times as much. We can chalk that up to my moral responsiblity to pay for people who cannot pay enough taxes to cover their pro-rata share of government expenses. No problem. When I pay and effective tax rate of 50% while my employee is paying an effective rate of 10%, however, we have an issue of equity and fairness. That means that if I earn 10 times as much as one of my employees, I should bear a tax burden that is 50 times bigger than his?

Why not just take over the government and start that worker's paradise Marx kept talking about? Oh yeah, thats right. They tried it once and it didn't work out too well.

The most vocal critics of the rich are the ones who have no idea how much the rich do to pay for their ungrateful, bitter asses. Learn the tax code, do some analysis of the respective tax burdens paid at different income breaks and then come back and talk to me. Until then, your ignorance of the issue is getting in the way of any meaningful discussion on the subject.