Class envy?
Hatred for the rich?
Why would you punish the rich or any other class of people?
Is it easier for you to reap the rewards of someone else's labor than your won?
I don't understand your motivation for using the force of government to punish someone whose efforts made them successful.
Would you be kind enough to explain?
i had some of the same thoughts.
Why would someone want to exempt necessities taxes from some but not others?
Well, at least it's easy to forego your rebate of necessities spending under the nrst - so anyone who chooses not to receve it may do so quite effortlessly.
Alternatively, they may donate it to FR!
Had I said something should be done about people who get rich by insider trading or stealing jewels, would you have called that envy?
I don't understand your motivation for using the force of government to punish someone whose efforts made them successful.
The mistake in yor logic is to assume that your someone became rich through his own efforts.
Were it so, then his efforts must improve exponentially in proportion to the growth of his wealth--else in a fair system, how could he earn so much?
I have never heard of any such superman.
Rather, the very rich become so by accumulating so much money, that the money increases their ability to earn even more, which in turn enables them to earn more still.
Providing they do not do incredibly stupid things (most peole wll), there is nothing to stop this acquisition of wealth coming in to them--and not because their "efforts" are of themselves so worthy.