The rich should be taxed more than the poor.

I read your argument, and I am appalled. One of the less important maybe, but it is just terrible. You said, " Is it not immoral for someone to be so well fed they purposely puke up their food for vain body image maintenance purposes," and that is just disgusting. What you are talking about is a mental disorder called Bulimia in which people throw up because they see issues that aren't there. This not only affects the rich, but common people. It isn't immoral, it's a disorder. BTW, in the quote, "A heavier tax burden on a rich individual will not effect his quality of life..." from you, you should have used the word affect, not effect as you are using it as a verb. Now, to your actual points. Even if someone is born into their wealth, their parents then had to work for it, you shouldn't tax someone more just because their parents gave them more money than most parents do. Also, the ways in which they do spend money still does help society, personal chefs and maids exist and without rich people spending money on them, they would be out of a job. Also, they spend a lot of money on houses, helping the relator or construction company if it was custom built. Also, just because they can afford more taxes doesn't mean we should tax them more. That's like saying the middle class can buy an iPhone for $650, but a rich person pays $1,000 just because they could afford it. That is just not fair treatment. Also, rich people already pay the greater tax because it is a percentage of wealth, and you seem to be ignoring that. They already pay more, we shouldn't charge even more than that. Also, what you are talking about sounds a lot like forced charity, where the rich are taxed more to take care of the poor. It is sad that people are poor, yes, but it shouldn't be the rich's legal responsibility to pay for them. It isn't "immoral" to own 3 houses while others live on the streets. Homelessness is a problem, but not the rich's. Then can choose to help, and some do. But, it isn't their obligation; a decent amount of people have extra room in their house, but they don't just invite homeless people in. You know why? It's because they paid for their house, making the rich pay for their homes or giving them free homes is getting into communist territory. Also, you say that the rich contribute "nothing of use or value to society," which is wrong. But, if you believe that they are bad people if they don't contribute. Then you are also saying that the poor are bad people, they don't contribute to society, they just take away from it. With the banking thing, yes they make money off of other people, But, they don't harm the people in the process. If someone doesn't like the interest rate, they don't need to use a bank. You forget, banks are owned by people who can do what they want with their business. They have to turn a profit somehow. So what if a person makes money through manipulation? That is still pretty hard to do, and their business would have been successful in the first place to afford that. Also, if a person is manipulating the government with money, that shows signs of a corrupt government. If there is true manipulation, the manipulator and the person who accepted it should be charged and imprisoned. But not just taxed more money. In conclusion, the rich people have more money. That doesn't mean that they should be taxed more than they already are. Not all rich people are bad people. Also, since the rich are already taxed more than the poor because it is after all a percentage, not a fixed rate. So, the rich should not have their taxes raised even higher.