&gt; the lie that the rich benefit disproportionately from our society<p>Why do you consider that a lie? There&#x27;s a reason why kidnappers try to target rich people&#x27;s kids... because rich people are willing to pay much more to gave their kid back - they literally <i>value</i> the kid&#x27;s life more (in money terms).<p>Another perspective is, a geting injured&#x2F;killed will deprive a rich person of a lot of consumption, but a poor person of just a little consumption. Therefore, by protecting rich people, governments provide more value than by protecting poor people.<p>&gt; Now personally, I&#x27;m in favor of eliminating all taxes on capital income (and capital, e.g. property taxes). Economically, the best tax is a consumption tax; you live in a home, you pay taxes on the value of living in it. No property tax, no income tax, etc.<p>What about income tax? What about corporate tax (personally, I think it makes sense, because it&#x27;s a choice - you don&#x27;t <i>need</i> to pay corporate tax, but they you don&#x27;t get the privileges of the corporation being a separate entity)?