Lucky, tricky problems get solved when there's a trillion dollars on the line. For the most part, this idea that taxing the rich is in-theory difficult is just an illusion created by them, to dissuade people from even thinking about it.

And yet I have 22% of my equity sold and sent straight to the IRS every year. This is behind the scenes a complex multi-step process, and yet it happens like clockwork, easy as pie.

> And yet I have 37% of my equity sold and sent straight to the IRS

You need a better accountant / portfolio manager.

Updated ;) ETR != highest bracket, ofc