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cthulhu -
You are correct: the Framers did not want to forcibly redistribute wealth. So why should we advocate doing so today? The most telling comment is that taxes should be proportional to "what may be annually spared by the individual". Taxes should not burden the individual in ways which harm his ability to take care of his responsibilities and liberty. A germaine concept is to avoid taxation without representation. Who is to be the judge as to what an individual may "spare"?
When any minority is preyed upon with taxes because a majority is able to aggregate votes to seize their property, it is wrong.
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