Raising taxes on the rich is a good idea.
Bush lowered taxes for the rich, and that doubled the National Debt.
Spending is what raised the national debt. What's rich by the way?
Bush inhereted a surplus budget, slashed revenues by hundreds of billions with tax cuts, and cranked up spending on the military and wars. That's the main reasons he about doubled the national debt. That's what happens when you lower revenues and increase spending.