Congrats, DUmmies--with the deficit even at half its current level, even if you increased the tax rate on those making $200K (Single, like me) or $250K (Married) to 100 percent, it wouldn't even come CLOSE to closing the deficit.
And remember that the top 10 percent (which actually starts out at around $114K) pays over 70 percent of the taxes, while making about 46 percent of the income.