[bobbytit]

Extremely progressive means forcing the poor to bend to your will through punitive taxes. Tobacco, meat, heating and cooling, car and plane travel etc

[AnimalMuppet]

I don't think "progressive" means what you think it means. When applied to taxes, "progressive" means it hurts the rich more than the poor. So, the exact opposite of what you said.

[beamatronic]

Maybe I'm wrong but taxes shouldn't really "hurt" anyone. Ideally everyone pays a burden they can shoulder, and they derive benefits from these payments in some way.