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I think framing it as a punishment is a bit disingenuous. The idea is not to punish rich people, the idea is to change how the tax burden is distributed. I would turn the question around and ask why we as a society are intent on punishing the middle class with the tax burden?

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It seems pretty spot on to me. Your rich, this is evil, and now you gotta pay.

Because the middle class is the one asking to increase it with the constant addition of social programs that benefit them and those in lower classes the most? Unless you want to get into some twisted math on how much resources they use by breathing.

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