Because all politically profitable strategies at increases taxes for the rich are always about giving a benefit to the most politically powerful group: the middle class.
A society where the top 90% pitches in to help the 10% in distress is very different to the one where the middle 50% takes from the top 25%, and leaves some scraps to the bottom 25%.
- Milton Friedman
A society where the top 90% pitches in to help the 10% in distress is very different to the one where the middle 50% takes from the top 25%, and leaves some scraps to the bottom 25%. - Milton Friedman