You sincerely believe that tax revenue would be lost to waste and graft with no benefit to the poor? Higher taxes sting me as much as the next USAer, but I think you're being obtuse.
I am simply stating we have a problem. That problem is we have poor people.
It's one thing to tax the rich if that will make poor people not poor. It's an entirely different thing if we are simply taxing the rich simply to give to socal programs that don't have a track record of turning poor people into self sustaining non-poor people.
I think taking from the rich to give to poor people is a bandaid. And probably will result in more poor people who will require government help.
So back to the topic. We want to tax rich people. How are we using that money to have a net less number of poor people year over year?
At the end of the day the poor will still be poor right?