Please take a look facts about Finland where people are being equally poor due high taxation and bad economy. If you earn more than 5000€ per month, you will be in top 20% of the population. And besides all of these facts, some people still want to be taxed even more heavily "because rich people have too much".

And yes, while I understand Finnish people are not poor by any means when compared globally, it is still a perfect example how you can keep most of the population "poor" while not producing millionaires or highly profitable business.