The two assertions, taken alone, are not contradictory. If Joe makes $250,000 a year, he may think that he pays too much in taxes, but that the entire portion o

The two assertions, taken alone, are not contradictory. If Joe makes $250,000 a year, he may think that he pays too much in taxes, but that the entire portion of society that makes over $200,000 pays too little. It could be that he thinks that only the top 0.1% pays too little, and everyone else pays slightly too much. Also, what is "upper-income"? Is that the top 50% of earners? The top 1%?