As most middling earners, I&#x27;d support taxing people at extraordinary incomes, but at the same time, I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s prudent to shock the economy with such a thing.  Gradual does it, also work with other OECDs so that you have framework whereby you don&#x27;t have people becoming Russian residents for the purposes of evading extraordinary taxes, thus defeating the whole purpose of the hikes.