I don't think we should view tax increases as a serious solution to debt so much as a means to combat income disparity and provide safety nets.

The US government has shown us that tax increases usually go to fund irrelevant wars on other continents or NSA spying. Very little goes to worthy programs like NASA or helping the poor.

While I agree the rich should pay more, I think that we need to really take a good hard look at what that increase in revenue would actually pay for, and see if it's absolutely necessary.