It is illegal for me to charge you more for a standardized service because of your race, creed, nation or origin or gender. Why should the same not apply to the size of your portfolio.
The size of your portfolio does not determined your "class".
You have no control over your race, national origin or gender. Your religion is a guaranteed right apat from the others mentioned. Your income is determined voluntarily, by what you choose as an occupation.
The reason is, as I described. The XVI Amendment says that the income tax can be whatever Congress has specified. It has been a progressive tax since the Amendment was passed.
Philosophically you are advocating treating one class differently than another. And the reason you can get away with it is because that class is small.
No I can say this because we have freedom of speech.
The government can do what it wishes because people elected the Congress that decided the XVI Amendment, and presumably, could change it . Until this happens, it is futile for you to go on and on about unfairness. I do not make tax policy. I do, however, favor a progressive tax, and I consider this to be inherently fair. Rich people consume more government services, unless you refer to jails.
I favor the abolition of the Electoral College and limited terms for Supreme Court appointees. I think the people should decide which justice is the Chief Justice, too. But it is futile to bitch about how this is unfair, because I see the limitations involved in changing this.
