&gt; Why would the next generation want to take up that room?<p>Are you seriously asking why anyone would consider a career in which they are &quot;only&quot; able to keep 27% of any money <i>above</i> $10 million they make in a single year?<p>You&#x27;re incredibly out of touch if you don&#x27;t think most people would kill for that opportunity.<p>&gt; Would you take up a career where despite long &amp; expensive education, long hours, hard work, and lives-in-your-hands responsibility, you kept just 27% of your income?<p>Yes I would absolutely do that for the privilege of keeping only 27% of anything more than $10 million a year I make. This is an incredibly good problem to have.<p>&gt; would you put in a million dollars of effort to net a quarter of that in return?<p>This is not how marginal tax rates work. Consider putting down Atlas Shrugged and consulting a remedial math textbook.