Most people are just fine with tax raises for the income group just above them on the scale.
I hate chicken and think each one should be taxed at about $10 per. That would also enable them to take the tax off chocolate entirely!
Since when did $250,000 become “rich.”? Thirty years ago, Harper’s or The Atlantic had an article about WHo is rich, and the author settled on $100,000 a year as a rough benchmark, In today’s money that is about $400,000.