Save the emo talk for discord havax.
Until EVERYONE pays the same tax rate regardless of income, this argument will go ad infinitum. Everyone should have skin in the game, regardless.
Anything less than that is not 'fair' nor equitable. If you cant agree with that, your sense of fairness is ass and ability to adjudicate anything is very questionable.
It is clearly a wedge issue designed to make sure that people argue over it. Wake up.
The unsophisticated, the simple, the shills are often attracted to straight forward ideas that superficially seem fair. Such is the way of the simple person for he is attracted to the shiny idea.
More sophisticated individuals realize that my gross income and % taxation is not as important as considerations of disposable income - for this is truly the only money I have available to spend, it's the only money that counts.
And while my taxation rate is double yours, still I am content since my disposable income could be 1000% more than yours.
Kinda like how the gov't deals with non discretionary income - the only income that really counts. But you don't understand this, perhaps you're poor and don't have any disposable income or through the fog of various ECON101 labels, you can't see the difference between my gross income, my bills and the left over discretionary income.
And if your discretionary income is more than the gross income of a household of upper middle class earners, you should be paying more in taxes. Not less like you would argue. Not less while the gov't is in debt. Not less while debt is socialized, profit is privatized.
Life isn't fair neither are taxation rates. Suck it up, buttercup. LOL @ "fair."
And higher taxes can be good for the economy. Like a fire they clean out the dead wood. As a small (very small) business owner, higher taxes on the rich, on my competitors helps a newer company like me compete since it reduces their disposable income for better equip.
You want a healthy economy and a healthier society? Tax the fuk out of the rich, hammer them relentlessly.