http://www.heritage.org/Research/Taxes/BG1131.cfm
Like most conservatives, they miss the point made by Liberals (proud to be one). They cannot help it because they are are so focused on money that they are blind to any other measure of what is good for society.
Their view:
A key element of this debate is the question of what constitutes fairness. Supporters of tax reform believe that fairness means treating all taxpayers equally before the law; a wealthy person who makes 100 times more than another person, for example, should pay 100 times more in taxes. Others believe in equality of results rather than equality of opportunity. As such, they want government to impose increasingly punitive tax rates on higher-income taxpayers to facilitate income redistribution.
The liberal view:
I is not about the amount of money a taxpayer makes, it is about the amount of money a taxpayer has to spend on just the necessities of life.
Conservatives ignore that more and more of the economic "middle class" and all of the economic "lower class" live from paycheck-to-paycheck, or even have to make a choice on which bills not to pay each month. That is the true issue. Do we have a society in which only people with lots of money have an opportunity to live the American dream or do we have a society that insures all citizens have a chance to do so? If they want to call such a principle "income redistribution" so be it. I call it an ethical/moral principle.
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