Do you? If you're in the lower 45% or so, then no you don't.We pay our taxes too.
Again, we're not talking about a fairly applied tax for the basic functions of government. We're talking about 'soaking' the rich to fund all sorts of nonsense that the government never should have gotten involved in.We pay our taxes too.
You're saying that taking a third of someone's salary right off the top, before any other considerations, doesn't prevent people from doing what they want to do? I'm afraid that viewpoint flies in the face of reality and common sense. This is why tax cuts stimulate the economy--with less of their money being stolen, people are more likely to be able to 'do what they want to do'--which often involves buying things and hiring people.That "steal from the rich" line always irritates me as well, as I said we pay our taxes. Taxation of the rich is not by any means overbearing and does not prevent them from doing what they want to do, which is how taxes are supposed to be.
On the other hand, when class warfare wins and we "soak the rich", much less of that happens, and we end up paying for our own envy.