There are usually two reasons people advocate for a cap on earnings. Either they think that every dollar earned makes another person a dollar poorer, therefore

There are usually two reasons people advocate for a cap on earnings. Either they think that every dollar earned makes another person a dollar poorer, therefore a cap limits poverty, or they have some deep seated burning fire of envy. I saw it in university, activists enraged for the sake of being enraged that someone else had done well for themselves. Bizarre isn't it? If I were to commit one of the seven deadly sins, I'd choose a funner one than envy.