It&#x27;s interesting to me that these types of arguments always boil down taxing the wealthy. That is a way to redistribute wealth, but what about working to do a more efficient job of redistributing wealth from government to the citizens?<p>Consider the author&#x27;s idea of levying an 80% tax on people who earn $1 billion a year. Chances are that anyone who is smart enough to earn $1 billion a year is smart enough to hire a small army of accountants&#x2F;tax attorneys to reduce her tax load. The relevant tax authority thus has to counter by hiring their own army of auditors&#x2F;tax accountants to enforce these sorts of tax laws.<p>In the end, the tax authority may collect more money, but they also have to spend significantly more. In the end, will such a scheme really result in more money in the government&#x27;s coffers??<p>And then, what happens to money once it reaches the G?? How much of the money is wasted on poorly planned&#x2F;executed programs? How much is wasted by massive, overstaffed organizations? How much of the money designated for &#x27;social services&#x27; ends up in the hands of lower income people versus how much ends up paying for bureaucracy?<p>Please tax the wealthy, but first, it&#x27;s a better idea to run government in the most efficient way possible.