As Bill Gates pointed out the other day, if you confiscate all the wealth from the 1% the OWsers like to trash, you won’t make a dent in the national debt.
We sure as heck are not going to tax our way back to prosperity.
They don't care. It will make The Rich feel sad, and anything is worth that to these children of the rich (or the jealous basement-dwellers). A liberal believes FEELING a certain way is in itself a moral achievment. So as long as they really, really hate The Rich, then they have achieved moral superiority to those who don't FEEEL that way.
Taking their money won't solve the problems they claim to care about? Ahhh, so what? Stop trying to protect yer rich buddies! It'll make The Rich sad, that's an accomplishment worth sleeping in a tent for.
It's not just the 1% they're after... The 1% is what they want to start with because they know the rest of us will stand by and watch until they eventually get up to 30 or 40%.