I think it's a false premise to suggest that you want "more" economic activity for its own sake. That's how you get the inflation we've experienced over the last 5 years. Especially when it's really just government contracts and consooming. See: Greece.
But even then, you'd be wrong: The wealthy minority doesn't just buy, it also invests. Provided you have a tax code and regulatory environment that isn't too onerous.
The idea that soaking up productive money into a centralized body (the government) that has no incentive to allocate that money efficiently or effectively is a better way of going about things is ridiculous, and has been proven wrong multiple times. It's just another version of "trickle down economics" that appeases the envious and lazy.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be any taxation or even redistribution for people who really need it: But you're way overestimating the number of people that legitimately do.
Lol. Lmao even
I'm not surprised that you're under this impression, despite your insinuated claim of "looking at the data".
As part of a recent study on income disparities, Thomas Blanchet, Lucas Chancel, and Amory Gethin of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics found that the United States “stands out as the country that redistributes the greatest fraction of national income to the bottom 50...
www.city-journal.org
The latest IRS data shows that the U.S. federal individual income tax continued to be progressive, borne primarily by the highest income earners.
taxfoundation.org