The 80% sounds over the top to myself as well, but in the article they were using it in reference to someone with an income of 1 billion dollars per year. To my mind, 80% on 1 billion isn&#x27;t so crazy. It sounds like the far end of the scaled tax curve. As far as I can tell, there are only a handful of people (like maybe five) that make in excess of 1 billion a year.<p>I work with government agencies and I am all for them being more accountable, I have no doubt that they could spend a lot less than they do. On the other hand, I am entirely unwilling to wait for them to become more efficient before deciding to severely tax the five people who make over 1 billion per year.