Typically the drum beats to pound taxes to the moon come from the zero liability so-called tax payers who - after they file their short form every year - get 100% of what they paid back. And for a lot of them, an "earned income credit", which of course they didn't really earn. They're just taking an extra shovel full out of the tax bin beyond what they paid in. I'm surprised this form of socialism has lasted as long as it has. Hell, I didn't even know EIC existed until I heard a woman in a store talking about it 10 years ago.
And just to save someone the copy and paste time, I know there are 40 millionaires who have volunteered to pay higher taxes. Isn't that special? That means there are roughly 7.8 million millionaires (2009 numbers) who DIIDN'T ask to pay higher taxes.
And for those 40 who do want to pay higher taxes, they don't need to do it by government mandate. They can write a check today to the IRS and send it in. Then send a note to Yabadoo News and PMSNBC with a photocopy of the $1 million check they voluntarily poured down a rathole. That'll impress everyone.