higher taxes can be used for infrastructure, education, healthcare, unemployment, pensions, ... all of those make either the workforce more competitive and keep

higher taxes can be used for infrastructure, education, healthcare, unemployment, pensions, ... all of those make either the workforce more competitive and keep people from falling into poverty. people who have money (even though when they don't have a job) still buy things. i'm a big believer that small income disparity is better. mr. moon, the auto parts maker, probably still earns a multitude of what most of his employees make. if you earn 5 times of what a minimum wage employee makes and the really rich guys earn 7 times of the min wage, you're still considered rich. a ten times wage gap between what the poor and the middle class makes is, imo, just not good for a healthy population.