The reason why additional taxes get shuffled onto the rich has little to do with who “needs” the money most. The real reason: there is an 80/20 distribution of wealth but not of votes. Therefore it is politically much safer to anger the highest-earning 20% than the bottom 80% in our winner-take-all elections.

This inequity can be solved by simply allowing people to choose how their tax dollars are spent. No taxation without representation, right? Well it follows that those who are taxed more should be better represented…