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> Why should a software engineer make $250k+?

Because people are paid for the value of what they produce, not the effort they spend producing it.

[banned1]

Why should a person make $10m?

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If I can produce something that will benefit 10 million people such that they would gladly pay $1 each for it, but I'd just as soon not do it unless I get paid that money, then it's in the interest of those 10 million people that I get $10M for my work.

[banned1]

How much should we tax you, as a 0.1 percenter?

[unescape]

More than 0% and less than 100%.