Ronald got a great point. At the end income tax is just a leveling tools. It took away the most socialistic aspect of capitalism, opportunity for the poor to climb up.
Losers just can’t accept that they are poor because they messed up. So they bring down others that can go up as much as they can.
When I was young, I thought the path to be rich is simple. Work hard, pick occupation with low supply and high demand. Under free market those strategy would have worked well.
Not true. To be very rich you need to be a businessman.