[growwrkr6]

That’s a political problem not a scientific problem.

No one wants to tax rich people who are of the age to have benefited from an era of high taxes. We let them pull the ladder up behind them.

There is no real reason to follow their orders or coddle their sensibilities. What are they going to do? Instigate a civil war from their Lay Z Boy? 60-70% of the population want to reverse their political policies across the spectrum of contexts. Just do it.