Cost of Class Envy

We have "receivers" who benefit from the hard work of "developers.". Developers have worked hard to leverage technology and energy to make a high quality of living. What is deeply troubling in our current culture is that successful developers are now being called on to pay more and this is considered more "fair". Pretty soon the developers will decide that the risks they have taken are not worth it and will cash out of their unique business. When this happens it cuts off the path of transferring the invaluable skills of being a developer to a receiver. When the developers are demonized as being evil because of their success, the cultural divide is aggregated. The skills of developers are extremely valuable and not easy to transfer to the next generation even in a calm supportive environment. There is a lot more at stake in our current situation than dealing with a fiscal cliff. This is matter of risking cutting off the priceless skill sets of developers and not realizing it until they have all cashed out, retired and moved to Costa Rica.