Many people dislike taxes, myself included.
They are annoying, they mean less money for us to spend on other, more fun things.
Now, raising taxes might not actually be too bad of a thing, because those tax rates would only be going up for people who could actually afford the higher tax rates. Higher taxes for richer people means that people with less money will pay less in taxes, meaning that we would then have more money to spend on paying off debt or doing fun things with friends and family, or getting higher levels of education so that we can get even better jobs and earn even more money.
All in all, higher taxes for certain people would most certainly help the masses.