No, a better alternative is to hold the government accountable for the unbelievable amount of tax payer money they waste. You don't give your kids more allowance because they overspend. You tell them they have to learn to budget their money better. There is an abundance of waste in staffing, employee perks and useless studies to point out the obvious in government. The argument should not be one of who should be taxed more because we all know in that debate, the eye shifts to the wealthy for the simple reason (which mystifies me) that it is always assumed people become wealthy through ill-gotten means and should therefore be penalized. In this country a lottery winner who wins millions is celebrated but a business owner whose wealth is accumulated through hard work and brains is vilified. The issue here is not about wealthy vs less wealthy it is one of waste and a fundamental lack of respect for the tax payer in any income bracket.