Sir, you may some day realize that such a graph, along with all your fun statistics, are actually showing you a distribution of production and when you learn what production is, then you may re-evaluate your snide stance. Nobody is arguing that the rich don't own most of the wealth. Of course they do. They produced it - by creating things of value and trading them with those who were happy to part with the money. I will add the caveat that any "ruler" who made his money by theft of the population (like kings, etc) have no legitimate claim to their fortune. The Saudi princes, and the Queen of England, should all be on the street.

What you're actually showing me is a graph of how much rich people have already contributed to society. For every dollar in their vast bank account represents more than a dollar's worth of value they provided to someone else. If this were not true, the trade would not have occurred (of course there are exceptions, but the general observation is valid). The very small number of individuals who just "inherited" their money, still didn't take it from anyone - it was produced by the person who left it to them, and you have no right to seize such wealth by force to make yourself feel better.

Indeed, given that you've shown me a graph of who has produced what, it would not be unreasonable to make the argument that the poor should pay all the taxes, since the rich already produced billions of dollars of value for the world, and the poor have done little. Does that idea make you uncomfortable?

Note that I make less than $30k per year, so please don't write me off as a "greedy fat cat" or sling any other insults at me to cover up the fact that you think it's okay to steal from people who have more than you. I'm merely someone who knows the difference between production and consumption, and I respect the former, while you do not. I know where wealth comes from, while you seem to know where it should go - you simply see wealth out there, in a distribution you deem unfair, and you want to seize it from those who have it and give it to those who you think should have it.

You also perhaps have missed the real lesson of Robin Hood. He wasn't stealing from "the rich." He was stealing from the government, who took by force of taxation the production of the people. Some day I hope you'll realize you are on the side of that government - you advocate theft through taxation, while Robin Hood was on the side of the producers, taking back what was rightfully their property.