&gt; In addition to this, they all pay employees, which contribute even more tax money to the system (which is never discussed in articles like this).<p>Generally, the taxes other people pay on your expenditures doesn&#x27;t count towards your taxes.  I can&#x27;t claim the taxes Walmart pays on the money I spent on groceries.  Similarly, business owners can&#x27;t claim the taxes their employees pay on their salaries.<p>If you are suggesting that we tax rich people less so they can spend more money, this is supply side economics (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Supply-side_economics" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Supply-side_economics</a>).  The US been experimenting with this for the last 30+ years and it largely doesn&#x27;t result in more taxes paid or better GDP growth.