Asking for an exact % is similarly to asking me describe cure for cancer in three words. This isn't a simple problem, and does not have simple solution. Best "simple" answer I can offer you is "more than they pay right now" and no amount of melting-pot-of-friendship raging going to change that answer.

In contrast to conservative dogma, I don't see taxation system as a way to redistribute wealth, but instead a tool to re-equalize society. American Dream cannot exist in an environment where entrenched wealth translated into political power rigs the game to keep everyone else out. Here is another simple answer for you "keep raising taxes on the rich until trend of accumulation of wealth at the top reverses".

As to your raging Wolfgang, don't stop on my behalf, but don't expect me to take you serious.

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