There seems to be an inherent bias that someone wakes up one morning and becomes a 1% er.   Its simply not true.    This whole discussion is nothing but punishing those that worked hard to become successful.    This tug of war between government and taxpayers is just a scam aimed at income redistribution and keeping those huge public sector payrolls alive and well.     Nothing more nothing less.   We are living through the nightmare of punishing success and financial independance because the government wants to control you.