It is time to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Under President Clinton, America had solid economic growth and a balanced budget, all with a higher income tax rate on the richest Americans. In a time of crushing deficits and growing wealth inequality, it is our right and our duty to ask the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. To ask anything less would be unfair to future generations of Americans who will eventually be forced to pay for our current debts.
This is not about punishing success. Rather, it is about reintroducing fairness into our tax code.