No, the rich mostly got rich because their parents were rich, and they've bought laws and tax codes that keep everyone else down.
Why do the wealthiest 20% have 80% of the money but don't pay 80% of the taxes? (They pay around 40%)
why do the other folks, who only have 20% of the income, have to pay 60% of the taxes?
Most wealthy folks don't make anything to give back, btw.
You are wrong. Most people who became wealthy did not have wealthy parents.
Most of the world’s richest people are self-made—and many rich heirs lose their money.
www.forbes.com
Yes, there are some who do, but money is not easily handled by everybody. You have to guard it at all times. There have been books written of lottery winners who's good fortune turned out to be the worst thing that ever happened in their lives, and some of those ended up poorer than before they hit the number.
Now to the tax issue: All government goodies are supported by income taxes, which nearly half of the people in our country don't pay. When it comes to income taxes, yes, the top 20% of wage earners do pay 80% of those taxes for the rest of us.
Look at your payroll taxes. They go to support things you use every day, i.e. roads, bridges, street lights, highways, schools, mostly provided by the city or state. So you get every dime back. If you live the average American lifespan, all those taxes you pay in FICA, SS, Medicare, you will get back and more.
If you do not pay income taxes, again, half of our people don't, then you are not supporting everything else our federal government supplies outside of your payroll taxes. The wealthy are.
But I ask the question once again, what do you want to do about this wealth inequity? What is your plan?