Everyone's chanting "tax the rich" without actually looking at the numbers. Someone earning $200k pays roughly $42,000 in federal income tax. Someone earning $30k pays around $1,800. That means it takes about 23 people earning $30k to match what one person earning $200k contributes. So why is the policy conversation constantly aimed at pushing high earners out, when they're already carrying the overwhelming majority of the load? The issue was never how much revenue comes in. The issue is how much gets wasted once it's collected. Stop aiming at the earners. Start aiming at the spending.