i come from a working family so i am naturally suspicious of rich people.
You should be.
You should be grateful that there are rich people, otherwise working families would have no one to pay their salary for their work.
Years ago something was come up called a luxury tax in an attempt to tax the rich more.
One example: You would be taxed more for buying a yacht (it was considered a 'luxury' item).
Guess what happened?
The rich bought less yachts.
Guess what that caused?
Places that docked and stored yachts while not in use got less business, and therefore had to lay off employees.
The workers that cleaned the yachts were less needed and therefore many lost work.
Yacht Clubs diminished, therefore causing less need for waitresses, cooks, busboys, dishwashers, etc. (in other words, folks lost jobs).
The factories that built yachts were less active and therefore many lost jobs.
The truckers that delivered built yachts and the truckers that took material to the yacht factories lost jobs.
And that just scratches the surface of all the jobs and wages lost because some idiot thought it would be beneficial to place higher taxes on the rich.
They were wrong.
Rich people, such as Sam Walton of WalMart and Bill Gates of Microsoft have employed thousands upon thousands of people on top of providing good products to the public.