&gt; 1 person making 100x more than an average person is going to pay less net taxes and will buy fewer things (even if it&#x27;s more expensive stuff) than 100 people.<p>This just isn&#x27;t true at all.<p>The top 1% of earners in the US pay more tax than the bottom 90% combined. Sometimes rich people pay a smaller <i>percentage</i> of their income than less-rich people but in absolute terms poor people and middle class constitute a minority of the tax base.