No one who contributes to society and/or creates wealth should be punished (ie discouraged )
I hope you are not in France.
Regulation of financial markets is another topic, IMO.
I’ll go halfway with you. Leave unearned income tax rates alone, but cut earned income such that it is lower. Give the people who most need the help, the help. At the same time, neutralized the threadbare old trope that the Republicans are the party for the rich and against the working man.