At some point I do think that people have made "enough money" and I have no problems with tax laws that ask people who can easily afford it to bear more of the burden. People don't make money in a vacuum and they don't live in a vacuum.

With that said, I do think a lot of people do take advantage and sit on their asses instead of trying. If there is no reason you can't work, then you should not be able to eat at the public table for an unlimited amount of time.

There are low income people who get money back from the tax system and they can use that money to buy a few more meals a year and to make life less of a struggle; and at the same time there are billionairs who pay less than the middle class in actual taxes. I have no sympathy for them. And for the rich who do have relatively high tax rates (compared to the poor) this means that maybe they can't afford to have an additional luxury house, car, AND/or boat - again this does not stress me as mush as starving children and families.

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