The elite don't pay taxes the same as everyone else, this is largely true throughout history. (Numerically) progressive taxes are a tool by the elite to enact

The elite don't pay taxes the same as everyone else, this is largely true throughout history. (Numerically) progressive taxes are a tool by the elite to enact unjust regressive tax structures on the middle and upper-middle class to prevent them from rising to their level. The goal is to make sure that doctor making $300k never gets all uppity so that his grandkids start challenging the status quo.