Somewhere, I have seen a statistic, but I don't know what it is. But, we could take away 100% of the wealth of the rich and it would have a minimal impact on tax of middle income people. It is simply giving the masses what they want to hear about the evil rich people. The idiot politicians (actually, I shouldn't say they are idiots -- they CANNOT be that dumb--Just look at Europe to see where Socialism leads -- Can anyone say GREECE?), are pandering to the uneducated that they can live in Utopia. I don't have a particular love of wealthy people, but I know we can tax them to the wazoo and it will have little impact on me personally. I am far more concerned on the amount of taxes I pay and the amount of debt we are leaving for my children which can never be repaid.