Higher bracket on the wealthy is a dumb idea.  The whole purpose of reducing taxes in business income is to give them an incentive keep their money here and invest it here to create jobs.  The more you tax and regulate them, the more they move their money out of the country.

You can't make them stay and you can't make them pay.  The wealthy don't have to do anything they don't want to do.  The only thing they respond to is incentive.  Mandates, taxes, and regulations are avoided like ebola.  Money is always going to seek its best return wherever it can find it.  We need to make that place here.

The only way to increase wages for the common man is to create more demand for his labor than the pool of labor.