I don't think anyone would disagree with you, Splashdown.
I get a little nervous when I hear people say, "let them do whatever they want from here on out. Then they have to own it." They can do a great deal of harm with simply no check. Look at what BantheGOP wants to do in CA. And, attaching blame is very, very tricky and may not work. Let's not get too simplistic.
Now, Bill Kristol said something that someone on radio mentioned. That upper tax rate...all the Republicans seem to be doing is defending democrats. The uber-wealthy are all democrats, after all. Set the number at say, $500K, and let them have it.