The wealthy have spent a lot of money and bought a lot of politicians to convince people the absolutely worst possible tax on the face of the earth is the progressive income tax. Why, the more money they make, the more money the government takes. How can anybody in America ever get ahead?

Well, we all know they’ve figured out how to do it in spades. The income gap between those at the top and all the rest of us is at historic levels. Most of us are just fly specks on the rear view mirrors of the limousines carrying the richest 1 percent farther and farther away from us faster than ever before.

All anyone in America who’s not a millionaire or billionaire really needs to know is that the progressive income tax is the fairest, most equitable form of taxation ever invented.

That’s because it’s based upon ability to pay. People at the bottom barely scraping by should pay less than Scrooge McDuck, Donald’s filthy rich uncle, who just shovels a few buckets of cash out of his swimming pool to pay his tax bill.

Working class families, struggling to stay out of poverty and acquire a few material benefits, can pay more than the very poorest, but they shouldn’t pay CEO rates.