Just so I understand your position, you believe the homeless problem is basically one of wealth inequality. By "taxing the rich" you aim to raise money to solve that.

My questions: if, as OP noted, many homeless appear mentally ill or addicted to drugs, what do you do with the tax money? It doesn't seem like a significant portion of the homeless simply lacks affordable housing. You can't make the mentally ill enter programs. What does additional tax revenue buy the city? And I understand people wanting to tax others to pay for programs they think are good, but what constitutes the "rich" that you'd tax? How much do you tax them and how much money does that raise? It's that enough to do the job?

Genuinely curious as I see this solution kicked around for nearly every issue in the city.