> The point is not that 'the evil rich are against us,' the point is that they benefit exponentially from government protections compared to a normal person and

> The point is not that 'the evil rich are against us,' the point is that they benefit exponentially from government protections compared to a normal person and should provide funds accordingly. I think most people would agree with this, but let's remember that taxes are pretty much always based on percentages, which mean that they do scale. 30% of a billion isn't the same as 30% of 50k. I think this seems to be too often forgotten in the "the wealthy don't pay more taxes than me!" argument.