Would you put in $100M effort &amp; risk where you&#x27;d need a 4x return on investment just to break even?<p>As I work to make my owns end meet, I&#x27;m quite aware of the consequences of having a ~50% tax rate, putting out $X00,000 effort just to net half that.<p>And yes, I&#x27;m quite aware of the technical errors in my presented math. This is a casual forum, not a peer-reviewed paper. What baffles me is how others here won&#x27;t do the remedial math showing that a 100% tax rate on everything over $1M wouldn&#x27;t come close to paying for what Bernie et al promise and those here expect as obvious (never mind the always-neglected effect high taxes have on high productivity).