In general, progressive measures make things better, and reactionaries do everything they can to derail them.

As our society becomes more productive, it only makes sense that a higher percentage of profit be diverted to the public benenfit. The question is only how much. You don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, but neither do you want the eggs all invested in clandestine unnumbered accounts in foreign banks, either.

It all depends on the basic philosophy which is applied. Should public policy act as a tool to promote the public welfare as much as possible? Or should it act as a mechanism to provide self-actualization and rewards to those who have chosen to self-anoint themselves as the only "producing" class in society.

The ideal, in my opinion, is a middle road arrived at through democracy, and negotiation, as well as market mechanisms not manipulated by a financial elite. which mobilizes and rewards outstanding effort while also creating a society worth living in for all its members. Not only is it good business in the long run, it is the right thing to do.