I'm not interested in YOUR money, IL.
I think the answer to how much do we need--it's not a matter of bleeding hard-working people dry. It's a matter of a) establishing priorities as a nation and b) providing checks against all the wealth settling into the hands of just a few people. I truly believe that when capitalism is left to its own devices it's like a Monopoly game--eventually we're all turning in our houses and our measly Mediterranean Avenue so that somebody can build hotels on Park Place.
I just want everyone to win at Monopoly. But we have more and more people winding up with most of the wealth. I know the argument is "It's their money," but as a nation of citizens do we want what's best for everyone, or do we want the natural laws of capitalism to benefit just a few? It's their money but they didn't do it on their own. What is wrong with a progressive tax rate that asks a little more of the wealthiest people?