> see it as a path of least resistance to getting subsidized at the expense of the rich. If making the tax code more progressive is equivalent to "subsidizing

> see it as a path of least resistance to getting subsidized at the expense of the rich. If making the tax code more progressive is equivalent to "subsidizing the poor at the expense of the rich", does that mean you're saying the current regressive tax laws subsidize the rich at the expense of the poor? If so, flipping that sounds entirely reasonable to me.