Define poor. I would call poor anything less than a 11 figure income so the definition of poor is subjective in and of itself. The relative difference in wealth should not so great so throwing a bone to the poors is only using a band-aid to triage a gaping wound that has been bleeding for a very long time. When I say "tax the rich" I am not talking about using current our current tax system. Whaty I am really saying is "make the people who exploit others pay for the exploitation." Watching rich get richer while poors get poorer is sickening and defending the rich is also sickening to hear.