Originally Posted by Ltrain

(To Monty3038's question of why a progressive tax if the same services are used and save a large quote)

Because the government and the system help support the rich to amass their wealth and allow them to get richer, the rich should pay more for this system because they derive a much larger benefit, simply because they have more to protect. Instead of an electronic bank account, let's assume all our wealth was in canned food and that there was no government or police, only you and however you are able to protect and store your food. How long would you be able to hold on to all your canned food before some of it is stolen from you or you are killed by the hungry to eat? To keep your food and not feel so threatened, you and others decide to get together and create a system to protect your food so that you don't have to guard it all day and can do other things. The more food you have, the more you would have a vested interest in protecting your food.