Is Raising Taxes Good?

For my first real post, I found an interesting article written for the Pew Research Center claiming, as the title so eloquently puts it, that "Raising taxes on Rich Seen as good for Economy, and Fairness." This was done through a poll, and the astounding results indicate that a two to one majority of those polled stated it would help the economy if those that made over $250,000 would pay more in taxes. (I am assuming that the sample group most likely did not contain a majority of the 1%-ers) Here is the link for the website. Read and ponder...