Put yourself in the place of someone making $20k-40k per year; $250k looks pretty damn close to “rich” under those circumstances. A person who makes in one year what you would have to work for a decade to get is definitely not on the same plane of existence with you, even if they’re not Bill Gates. The contrast between living for ten years on $250k vs $2.5 million is pretty stark. It all depends on where you are in the spectrum. To somebody making $500k+ per year, $250k might look rather modest, but the reality is that the overwhelming majority of Americans earn far less than either figure, so playing with semantics isn’t a winner. It doesn’t matter whether someone is “rich” or “poor.” What matters is that free people should not be forcibly divested of the fruits of their labor.
What matters is that free people should not be forcibly divested of the fruits of their labor.
Agree. And that should happen regardless of income level