I don&#x27;t want to take anything away from entrepreneurs, but one thing that you need to accept when you get rich is this: the price of being rich is that no one gives a shit about your problems anymore.  I&#x27;m sorry but it&#x27;s true.  It doesn&#x27;t matter how hard you worked, and whether you had to perform self surgery to cut out your own spleen and sell it, once you are rich no one is going to care about your problems.<p>The fact is that Bernie Sanders is not targeting you as an individual, he&#x27;s just using the rich as a symbol, and frankly, he&#x27;s right.  The wealth gap is not good for society, it&#x27;s not good for the rich because it causes instability, and instability is bad for the existing power structure.  Instead of taking it personally, recognize that A) your personal story is not necessarily indicative of any greater societal truth, and B) if you are rich you already have advantages that outweigh any tax penalty you may pay, so if taxes are a problem just focus on making more money instead of attempting to justify your own wealth (not because it&#x27;s unjustified, but because no one gives a shit).<p>If you want to argue that higher taxes are bad because the government doesn&#x27;t know what it&#x27;s doing then I&#x27;m all for that, but it&#x27;s a mistake for reach people to make a personal appeal—it&#x27;s not anyone else&#x27;s job to validate your worthiness; be humble, acknowledge your own luck, and then you may find that even as a rich person people will still listen to your opinion.