The only assertion I am making in the comment you quote is that my solution is better than GasBandit's.This whole thing of "they don't need it, tax it out of them" is premised on the idea that "The Government" will spend the money responsibly.
Think about that for a minute.
Also, why does the government have a right to a greater percentage of my income than yours? Because somebody else needs it more than me? Do I deserve my money LESS because I earned more to begin with? And what if I say the government using it irresponsibly (or worse yet, immorally)? If I donated to a charity I can choose a different one. When this "forced charity" is taken from me, my "say" in where it goes is minuscule, and many causes I may oppose. Some government is needed, but if you look at ANY social problem and think "why isn't the government doing a better job helping those people?" then you're (probably) already too far gone, as you've already predicated that the correct solution is "government" to virtually any problem.
Government waste and such is a different topic, and not predicated on murdering the richest resident every year.
--Patrick