Yes, government is supposed to be protecting the poor FROM the rich. The rich can afford to fortify themselves, feed guard dogs, and hire mercenaries. The poor can't.
My point was that, tons of breath gets wasted arguing about social welfare programs, while wealth silently concentrates at the top, day after day after day.
There are methods of wealth transfer involving pitchforks and torches, but nobody should want that.
And I was just pointing out the logical next step in your argument. The same argument that gets against income taxes, incidentally, but as you point out the poorest still pay fairly little in income tax and the burden rightly stays on people who can afford to pay.
It's slippery slope "people will marry their dogs" bullshit. Not a valid reason to oppose this tax.
Bears: BRO LOOK AT THIS HECKIN CHART
THE WORLD IS GOING TO EXPLODE TOMORROW
MASS UNEMPLOYMENT, STOCKS GO TO ZERO, CATS LIVING WITH DOGS ![img](emote|t5_2th52|27421)
Bulls: It went down so I bought more. ![img](emote|t5_2th52|8882)