More directly, if you can afford to go into your bosses office to announce that you quit, and to have so much in the bank that you need not sign on with boss #2, that's rich. No matter how you slice it, there aren't many in that little club. Individual situations would determine what amount of money in the bank would qualify. The word “rich” in the context of tax policy means that you accept the premise of Maxist-Leninist class warfare ideology. An egalitarian society would tax the wealth of its members equally to support the operation of the government. What the government is supposed to do is a subject of other posts.
RE: “More directly, if you can afford to go into your bosses office to announce that you quit, and to have so much in the bank that you need not sign on with boss #2, that’s rich......”
“Individual situations would determine what amount of money in the bank would qualify.”
Yes, rich or wealthy varies by individual situation as well as lifestyle. A 60 year old with $2 million net worth, unemployed, but owning his home outright and no dependents is certainly “wealthier” than a 40 year old with a mortgage, spouse and four kids, who happens to have around the same net worth.