I think you're misunderstanding my perspective though I'm pretty well educated my girlfriend is even more well educated. We both come from upper middle class white families. My dad spent his entire career an entrepreneur and business owner. My mom was the first in her family to attend a university and did so on her own dime. What is concerning to me about America today is how far we've fallen in public, accessible education - esp compared to what were once economically stagnant socialist countries. I am also tired of driving on shitty interstates, improper fiscal management because of poor regulation, cost of living to wage made falling like crazy, crime increase and poor public works. How does this relate to steepening the tax curve for super high earners? At a certain deviation above the mean, you are likely just a very lucky person. And a huge amount of that luck comes from the environment you were in (America, folks) when you landed on that success. That's why you pay back into the system with tax dollars - so everyone else can buy their ticket to the lottery. Because at one point, someone in your family was just a shitty immigrant with a stupid accent and whether it was generation by generation or all at once your family built a life. With good money management and a focus on being productive you contribute to a successful system and achieve a high standard of living. [b]To tie this into the game we all play and love[/b] I believe that 'our' best chance of having a future lies in giving the community we live in the ability to invest in that future, and put the best foot forward for each successive generation. Take that 'our' and apply it to the county, state, country, world you live in and you have a recipe for success in the future. I'm not really heavily invested in any candidate right now [u]but[/u] trying to argue that tax reform isn't necessary is f!cking blind.