Taxing the rich will not ruin the rich kid's chances of a better life, that is yet another over the top extreme stance. I have ZERO doubt the rich will continue to get richer- it is the old world, nobility sense of entitlement the wealthy have when it comes to each generation having the opportunity to achieve rather than a select few born to wealth demanding a more and more slanted field of play. Nothing suggested for the balancing of our budget will strip the wealthy of their mansions, jets, vacation homes and most of what they keep hidden overseas.
While I can see the noble class seeing much of the social safety net as 'tit sucking', it is another clique throw out there to belittle.
I would say the INTERPRETATION of our Constitution can go many ways, the extreme right have their opinion of what the patrician agrarian Founders meant, actually put in the Constitution, wrote at length after the ratification. Those who see a more moderate path see Congress was given the power of taxation well before any amendments were tacked on. See much of the Constitution as a guide, not a Holy Document, it is to show us a way, not put a limit on, the growth of a nation from some small coastal strip to a nation stretching from sea to shining sea and a strong International Power.
Before the usual knee jerk right wing rant attack on my lean... I swore my life to support and defend the Constitution so it does mean alot to me, and I was willing to do more than type about it. Men have died so the Constitution may live on, and live it does, it isn't frozen in time and for much of our laws it doesn't need to be amended to guide the nation. It should reflect our times and be seen from OUR POV, not the Founders who couldn't for see the rise of an Industrial power or what was a hated institution of their day, a monopoly, being the ideal business model for our nation.