Just because someone works hard and sacrifices to become a highly paid worker does not mean they should be punished.
If they want to talk percentages the top 10% of earners pay something like 90% of all taxes. Try cutting expenses. Education is a good place to start. With all the hype about "qualified teachers" home schooled children score higher on SATS than those taught by "qualified teachers". Maybe we should be looking at "effective teachers" regardless of the pedigree they possess. Start running the state like a business with a bottom line and realize that there are some things that can't be paid for.
The other day my wife and I were in the market to buy some food items. We watched as two overweight people bought tons of junk food along with healthy food. They paid for the healthy food with food stamps and this allowed them enough other money to buy beer, chips, ice cream and soda. I paid for their food so they could get fatter on junk food and wasn't even invited to their house for the party. That's another place to cut spending.
me too !!....we don't pay our water bill that way. We should add up what they need and divide by the number of taxpayers.