Off course most economist will agree, but the average person is economically literate which is why taxing the rich is always popular.  Melenchon in France is surging in the polls and promising a 100% tax on all income over 360,000 Euros and a large chunk of the French population buys into that stupid idea.  Likewise 77% of Brits want the top rate raised back to 50% even though the government made less revenue there than at it's current 45%.What we need is mandatory economic courses in high school.