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I've never
understood the supposed logic behind the idea that those who earn or have
more
should pay _disproportionally_ more than those who haven't earned as
much.

the logic deals with social stability, and the observation made earlier that
when a society gets to the point where economic disparity is too great,
social upheaval occurs.
Usually violently, I might add. Why you haven't ever understood this, I
don't know. Lord knows I've tried to explain it to you enoughbseg.
Later in the post, you refer to the fact that such 'schemes' have never
'worked'. I am not sure that is the case, but before dashing off in search
of case studies, would like to hear your example of 'working'. In my view,
the goal was to prevent massive social upheaval, but your definition of
success may be quite different.
Finally, you cast out an aside about healthcare. Trust me, while no one's
healthcare system is perfect, there are(there HAVE to be) vastly better ways
of going about it, in the name of the good for ALL the citizens of the
nation, than the present US method. Another debate for another day........
Tom