We've had a graduated income tax since the inception of tax, IIRC. It isn't necessarily right. Even with a uniform percentage, Rich Larry would pay more than someone squeaking by.

Then he could waste his money as he saw fit, instead of giving it to the government towaste for him. While it is virtuous to support your fellows so that optimum survival is acheived for all, there is no way to mandate virtue, and every effort to do so has pretty uniformly fallen apart.

The problem is that financial success is an independent variable, not a mark of virtue. In fact, sometimes it is quite the opposite, depending on how it is acheived. Especially in the top 10%! :)

(Just tweaking ya, Larry!)

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