Should society really punish the rich or is it just sour grapes of the poor?

Is the bitterness against the rich just sour grapes of the poor? Why shouldn’t the rich enjoy the fruits of their labor? In a Nightline interview even President Obama alluded to the fact that punishing the rich for living the American dream is not the way to go. He said that is why so many want to come here, they have the opportunity to make money with out the government swooping in and stealing it from them. That a man or woman can come to America build a quality product or provide a needed service and possibly earn a lot from it. Sure, there are some bad apples who cheated their way to the top and those who got there on the coat tails of their parents, but to penalize all the people who did it right—those you hardly hear about—-, would be like penalizing all gun owners for was the Columbine and Beltway snipers did? When someone acts like a jerk with a gun we don’t punish everyone in the NRA, so why try to punish all the rich for the few Berny Madoffs out there.