[ng12]

The problem is we're currently in the worst of both worlds. When politicians promise to tax the wealthy they usually end up taxing the upper middle class: people rich enough that nobody feels bad for them but "poor" enough that most of their income gets reported on a W2.

In my opinion building the infrastructure to adequately tax the wealthy is part of the solution to building a more equitable tax base. That's a separate issue from spending our tax money wisely.