[area51org]

Presumably because there's a perception that if there are lots of rich people, they can afford to be gouged.

This begs the question of how many rich people there actually are, though.

[sedawkgrep]

> Presumably because there's a perception that if there are lots of rich people, they can afford to be gouged.

1) Is this a wrong way to think ?

2) Isn't this what progressive taxation is supposed to do (or *should* do if folks like Musk, et al, actually earned 'income') ?