Celebrity | Will Smith Will Smith: Sure, Tax Me More Actor supports higher taxes for the rich By Evann Gastaldo Posted May 8, 2012 8:51 AM CDT Copied Actor Will Smith gestures during the Japan premiere of his film " Men in Black III " in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) President Obama has another high-profile backer of his call for higher taxes on the wealthy: Will Smith. "I'm very supportive of that idea," Smith told the AP while promoting Men in Black III, for which he earned an estimated $20 million. "America has been fantastic to me. I have no problem paying whatever I need to pay to keep my country growing." Read These Next Suspect in Brown University shooting is a Wisconsin man, 24. A beach massacre at a Jewish event in Australia killed 12. Father and son killed 15 people on Bondi Beach, police say. Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew has a message for her. Report an error