&gt; the demands of the Occupy movement that the &quot;1%&quot; pay higher taxes.<p>Those demands are purely class warfare, though. They&#x27;re ceremonial, not serious proposals to fix inequality or budget issues.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m wrong. Show me some serious proposals that can improve the circumstance of the poor or close the deficit based on taxing the 1%.<p>The broader point is well taken, though -- that we expect people with disposable time and money to use some of it to benefit mankind.<p>EDIT: I&#x27;m getting some downvotes, probably for the politics? (I didn&#x27;t bring it up). The point is that the other examples are about the need to make a difference. The Occupy demands are substantially not. I wouldn&#x27;t mind hearing contrary thoughts on this.