highway234
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The progressive tax system is based on envy, the resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. the modern U.S. tax code was imposed in response to so-called progressives agitating against the natural inequality in wealth distribution. Basing public policy on envy teaches people to nurture their natural tendency toward this vice, instead of to resist and rise above it. It encourages everyone to think himself a victim and perpetuates resentment because there will always be something to envy.
CBS Bob Schieffer, Class Warrior: Hey, I know. Lets Soak the Rich! - Big Journalism
I fail to see the advantage of soaking the working and middle classes. I wonder why this author has chosen to speculate about the mindset of "progressives," given that this is something about which he knows little. enjoy some facts about the amazing wealth disparity in the US from known commie rag "Business Insider" magazine.
Wealth And Inequality In America
I have yet to understand why middle- and working-class conservatives continue to want to pick up the tax slack for the very wealthy. I'm guessing no one on this site is a millionaire, because millionaires get to use their money to influence politics and wouldn't waste their time trying to change minds on a message board. And yet these middle class conservatives continue to insist that they, as well as the rest of us, should pay the taxes of the affluent so they won't have to. I find it inexplicable. Do conservatives even have a sense of self-preservation?