The problem is that there is too much work inequality. There are too many folks doing nothing and living off the labor of others. This is the issue we need to be looking at. The form of taxation we have today is nothing but slavery.
Precisely. If the classic definition of slavery is an income tax rate of 100%, then it logically follows that any lesser rate is merely a matter of degree.
Here is a time-tested antidote for poverty. It has worked every time it has been tried, since the dawn of the civilized world.
1.) Improve your value to the labor market by improving your skills and education.
2.) Get a job.
3.) Work hard at that job.
The especially annoying inequality of that is that the tax slaves spend ~50% of their working hours supporting gov't, while the takers spend Zer0 % of their time doing same.
Completely inequitable. We need secular (7. lasting for a long time ) Social Justice.