@CactuarJoe even though you listed my least favorite medical specialty, you're not wrong about there being a misunderstanding here. I suspect that is by design so that Jamie EveryPerson also hears about increasing taxes on the wealthy and thinks the surgeon or the CPA who owns their own business is the target, not people making hundreds of millions of dollars let alone billions.
We probably could have avoided the brinksmanship with better communication and education.