From what I see in America right now the trends are opposite to what you are proposing. With the Republican party fully controlling all three branches of our government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial the trend is to cut corporate taxes and to concentrate wealth further in the hands of the very few. The general population is blissfully unaware of what is going on or simply wholeheartedly approving of it. Yes, please tax corporations less and tax us more while providing less government services, it is all cool :)
Yes they are. People should really pay attention to the trends. It is going to rip everything apart for most people, and then eventually, most people are going to get violent. The direction only leads to one outcome, and no one really wants that, but will get it.