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The reason we have a progressive tax system is the wealthy have a disproportionately more significant interest in maintaining governmental and societal stability because they have more to lose. They're already getting their benefits for higher taxation.
Imagine you're not well off. You're just out of college, looking for a decent job, but you're still flipping burgers or whatever. You're not paying much in the way of taxes yet, even though a few years down the road you'll be successful. There's an accident. You rush to the emergency room. They make you wait as a rich couple get some minor injuries attended to free of charge simply because they make more than you.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're proposing.
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