>>509417002billionaires dont make billions in income. you're confusing wealth with income, two different things.
the top federal tax bracket is 37% on income over $610k. raising the top bracket to 40% will be a new change of 3% on the $53k difference on average from the income split point, or about $1600 per 1%er per year. that's $2.5B per year. the deficit is $1,800B. you just solved 0.15% of the budget problem. good job.