The confusion here is that you&#x27;re misusing the word &quot;regressive&quot;.  In the context of taxes, &quot;regressive&quot; means that the poor pay a higher percentage than the rich.  That&#x27;s because it&#x27;s the opposite of &quot;progressive&quot;, which means &quot;super-linear&quot;, i.e. the rate progresses with your income.<p>I think that what you actually meant was &quot;progressively tax ultra high incomes&quot;.