Here's what liberals do....
They tax rich people so that they lose incentive to grow their companies and hire more people, eventually some of them shutdown their companies putting people in the welfare line.
Many times those people that lose their jobs are middle class, so they slowly creep to the lower class with no job for years. Soon they are relying on Uncle Sam to survive because there are no jobs for them.
The money stolen from rich people via taxes are passed on to the poor people via food stamps, welfare, free housing, etc which keeps the poor hooked on their govt crack. Why get a job if Uncle Sam is going to cover your minimums and doing crimes on the side gives them extra spending money for that HDTV in their ghetto apartment....better have a gun too to keep others from stealing that TV.
The cycle goes on and on until the capitalist system collapses from the tax rates strain on investors and business owners. Democraps then propose a pure socialist/communist fix to end everyone's misery, but they will keep their power and money while you live in govt housing under their rules ala the USSR.
Communism in the USSR failed too. They know better than to follow cockamamie socialist programs. Why do you think Russia is now actively courting the wealthy of the world?