text: Thank U for showcasing your  candle power (or lack thereof) as it concerns simple economics 101.  No serious person believes that the lives of the poor are improved by wealth being transferred to the rich and then “trickling down” to the poor.  There simply is no economic argument that says that. Wealth has to first be created  before you can redistribute it. The way to help the poor is to maximize our freedom to create and keep value through a free market economy. Period!
  
  If your marginal tax rate is 90% you are going to find ways to keep the governments hands off of your money thru anyone of a zillion ways 1 of which is to stop working rather than having 90% of the next dollar stolen from you.  At 39.5% you are likely to just pay the taxes. The accumulation of capital does no good, people need the ability to deploy that capital so that it creates value for consumers, and to do that efficiently U need low taxes and fewer regulatory barriers to entry.  Read some Hayek for Gods sake