Comment Re:why does everyone always want to give... (Score 3, Interesting) 690
It's somewhat true that there's a bell curve in taxation, peaking with the middle class.
1) The poor have nothing to tax. They are generally on welfare or just off it, and struggling. The "freebies" a la "welfare" is not so much about the welfare receiving parents as giving their kids a chance to break out of the poverty trap, which they can't do if undernourished or uneducated.
2) The middle class has something to tax, but don't have the resources to defend themselves adequately. This is where the peak begins.
3) The upper middle class has a lot to tax, and is just starting to have enough resources to start to defend themselves, This is where the taxation peak starts to drop. (pretty much: between the 2% and the 0.5%)
3) The super wealthy hold all the cards. They can hire legions of lawyers and bankrupt countries if need be. This category controls or directly owns 50% of the world's wealth. Taxation doesn't even make sense to this class.