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Even the Bible admired more the pennies of a poor person over the big offerings of the rich because for the poor it was a much greater sacrifice to due without the pennies.

Check out that story in Mark 12 to 13. Jesus watched as this old lady gave the very last of what she had to the religious leaders. He stated that she gave more than the others because they gave out of their abundance, but she gave out of ther great poverty. He wasn't pleased. He walked out of the temple and prophecied it's destruction.

He wasn't giving an endorsement of sacrificial giving, he was giving a condemnation of the 'religious' manipulation of people for profit.

This doesn't change the fact that taxing productivity is immoral. Why should someone who produces more wealth than another be penalized more severely? The greater producer is more beneficial to society, why discourage it? Everyone should be regarded on a level playing field.

The Widow's Offering

41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins,[10] worth only a fraction of a penny.[11]
43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on."

The reason for marginal tax rates is the poor and middle class can't carry an equal burden compared to the wealthy.

Most wealthy don't mind paying more, but most do have an issue with current rates being as high as they are.

You get more money from the wealthy.
You don't get a job from the poor either.
The poor are not a great base for taxation.

It is true though that the current rates are way to high now.