
Originally Posted by
thegodfather
Because for one, $200,000/year is not even close to rich. I dont know if I could even live comfortably on that amount. That is NOT a lot of money.
Second, do "rich" people use any greater amount of public resources that taxes pay for then poor people? No, they do not. Why should they pay a significantly higher portion of taxes to use an equal amount of public resources. Rich people dont use "more of the roads" than a person of lesser income, so the logic to tax them more is ridiculous in my opinion. Just because you think they can afford it doesn't mean they can. A person making $200,000 a year might have 3 kids in college that he's paying for, a mortgage, paying for his 3 kids cars, maybe wants to take a vacation now and then. People in that pay range are normal people like everyone else, with the same sorts of bills and obligations as a person making $50,000/year, the ony difference is the number. You are advocating wealth redistribution, which is a socialist ideology. Progressive taxation is unfair.