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Does that make it inherently wrong?
Yes, for me personally, it is morally wrong because the lower classes own less of the wealth. Putting that aside however, you will never gain public support for a tax system that will place a greater burden on the middle class.
"The latest data from the Internal Revenue Service show that more than half of all federal individual income taxes—50.8 percent—are paid by the five percent of taxpayers who earn the most. In 1996, the latest year for which data are available, this top five percent consisted of 6.0 million earners whose adjusted gross incomes (AGI) were higher than $101,202."
"Even among this prosperous group, the highest earners paid the lion's share. The top one percent of earners in the country are paying close to a third of all the taxes collected. That's approximately 1.2 million earners who paid 32.3 percent of 1996's federal individual income taxes."
The Tax Foundation - Top Five Percent of Taxpayers Pay Over Half of Total Federal Individual Income Taxes
We have been over this already and I have shown that the top 20% own 80% of the wealth.
It is a tax rate cut and considering that the middle class doesn't pay for half of the government it wants, why should they get any kind of break?
If you think you can sell a tax plan to the middle class that puts a greater tax burden on them because they deserve a higher tax burden, have at it!