[wind_magic]

I don't really know how people justify in their own minds "tax fairness" arguments. If it weren't some distant "rich people" and was, instead, your rich uncle Bob, how would you justify to him that you were going to take a bunch of his money and keep it, or that he was more responsible than you are for some public project ? Why is he more responsible, just because he has more money than you do ? How would you present that to him, exactly, that because you and the rest of the family got together and voted, he has to pitch in more than his fair share ? If it's such a patriotic act to pay taxes, why aren't we all paying the same as rich uncle Bob ? These fairness arguments disgust me, they are the worst kind of lies, and people try to dress it up like it's some kind of moral good when really it is just jealousy and outright theft. It's easy to spend other people's money.