I think the idea that taxing the rich is difficult or our tax code is too complicated feeds into the narrative around the problem being too hard to solve. I think the reality is more straightforward:

• Bring back the previous top tax bracket of 39% that Republicans did away with. That will bring in a significant revenue.

• Raise or add the top brackets on the capital gains taxes.

• Add a new top tax bracket of you want to raise more revenue, e.g. 46% above X millions.

When you look at reports by the congressional budget office or independent budget groups, most of the other proposals are noise in the grand scheme of things. Even the buy, borrow, die strategy that gets a lot of airtime (because it rightfully violates most people's sense of fair play) only really accounts for something like 2% of the funds used by the ultra wealthy.

Most of the things like wealth taxes would require more complex legislation and be treated by the courts, certainly going to the supreme court. But the above three bullets would meaningfully raise revenues, are simple in terms of legislation, and have clear statutory authority and case law on their side.

The only thing hard is electing enough people who actually care about the budget and the people.