> This isn't including all of the people they employ that are also contributing taxes to the government till.

>Since poor people can't pay very much in taxes, how about we have required government work programs to make up the difference?

Maybe we should have a living wage. If the threat of wealth taxes is the catalyst that gets us there then good. The extremely wealthy will always hire people to hide their assets and minimize their tax burden regardless of whether the govt implements an appeasement policy. Hoarding capital and removing it from the economy also harms everyone, taxing that effect seems entirely reasonable.