The fallacy is that we already do have a tax structure that is very progressive and taxes the "rich". The top 1% pay about 25% of federal income taxes collected. The top 50% pay almost a 100% of the federal income taxes collected. The bottom 50% pay almost none. If you have a $5 million dollar home you pay a lot more property tax than someone living in a $250,000 condo. Same with sales taxes.
The same economic morons that are claiming that tariffs will impact the cost of living for consumers (true) but then think that corporations don't try to passthrough corporate income taxes to the consumer. We don't have a tax problem. We have a spending problem and yet Tug leftards are going insane over Trump and Doge rooting out fraud and waste. You think we are getting any ROI on education "investment"? The Department of Wasteful Energy? The CDC? Geezus.