That isn't really the point though, is it? We're not looking to the wealthy to erase our debt, we just want them to shoulder the same tax burden we shoulder.
"United we stand, divided we fall." We learn that in Kindergarten, but for some reason, expecting this today leads to howls of "class warfare."
The point is all this arguing about raising taxes on the rich is barely a drop in the bucket. Raising tax rates on the two two tax brackets and raising the tax rate on capital gains per the President's budget would "only" raise a little over $1T in THE NEXT 10 YEARS! Put another way, it wouldn't event raise enough money to balance the budget for ANY of the last four years even though those taxes would be collected over the next 10. Yet that seems to be the main tactic the Democrats can put forward: "Make the rich pay their fair share." That's fine (if anyone would explain exactly what their "fair share" is) but at about $100B per year, it'll be barely noticeable in terms of the deficit.
Edit - By the way, many are not asking the rich to bare "the same burden". It has been said many times, including by yourself, that they should pay more because they can.