&gt;Some people think it&#x27;s unfair for millionaires to be &quot;taxed at a higher rate&quot; when they&#x27;ve &quot;earned their money.&quot; I wonder if they would still feel that way if they understood the millionaire is paying the same rate as everybody else for the first $75k, for example.<p>In the UK at least once you go into the 45% super high earner bracket (150k I think) - you&#x27;ll start to lose your tax free allowance which means you do actually pay more tax on the sub threshold income.  Obviously it&#x27;s still designed to ensure no one ever goes over 100% marginal tax rate (where you&#x27;d actually lose money by earning more).