And you ignore the built in advantage of wealth in American society, or any society for that matter.     You want a 'fair' flat tax I would guess, but that completely ignores that the playing field is anything but fair or equal in our country.    

How do you think Don Junior would do graduating from the U of O with student debt of $50,000 and  no daddy to pay for it and no 'friend' to start him at the top on NYC reality market?    

That has nothing to do with envy, it just a very pragmatic way of viewing the 'real' world.

Power wins, unlimited power leads to abuse.