I would just like to say…

…for the record:

If you make more than $250,000 a year, you deserve to pay a higher tax rate. Especially given that only 20% of the household incomes in the USA are above $100,000 a year.

You can afford that. I know you can. And you will still be rich and there will still be poor people polishing your shoes and serving your food and cleaning your house. The least you can do is admit that you are able to be rich because they are poor, and that no one would do those nasty services for you if they weren’t poor, and therefore… you will pay taxes to support a basic standard of living for these people to include healthcare, basic shelter, nutritious food and a good education system to give their children a fighting chance to make it in an unfair world.