All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father’s has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association--the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

I want millionaires and billionaires and Big Oil companies to pay their fair share.

All some folks want is their fair share and yours.

I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.