the argument here is for redistribution of wealth with the lions share taken by government retained and wasted in the collection and administration of those additional tax revenues. I suppose if one feels that paying billions more in taxation so a few poor people can collect millions in benefits is good for the economy and benefits the country as whole then by all means, line up and pay more for your , well, for your everything. No tax has ever given a net benefit to a society, they all take and waste money with the return being of less value than the original take.