So... if they are rich and they want to put higher taxes on the rich... this should mean they are successful and unselfish. So what's the issue here?
I thought the rhetoric was the rich got out taxes anyways?
No, and see this is the issue. Trump and his buddies are the ones that exemplify the rich, while you have certain ones, like Mark Cuban who actually ASK to be taxed more to help pay for social programs.
Cuban actually came out with a good idea years ago that gave the rich incentives to make capital investments in order to get lower taxes. He said that in bad times those with more, should pay more to help stimulate the economy... and when certain incentives are met, then the tax rates can go down.
Mark Cuban's Novel Income Tax Proposal Is The Exact Opposite Of What Most Economists Would Endorse