Because you have big cooperation families who own things like Walmart that have more money than they'll ever need. Sure a doctor and a slightly above minimum wage person's tax rates shouldn't be very different. But when you have a millionaire who has millions of dollars, shouldn't they have to pay just a tiny bit more? I mean, I think about it this way: Then these people also make profits off of a normal, working class person's spendings. So if poorer people are taxed less, then they have more to spend, right? By association the richer make more money, and therefore have a tiny bit taken away from them to make up for it. It's not like they're living hard anyway they're profiting off of the working people. And consider: Taxes don't exist just because it's fun to take money away, they pay for schools, public roads and services we need. Always remember, Communism isn't socialism. Don't go red. c: