Thomas Jefferson on Wealth Inequality – Grasping Reality with Both Hands

Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions or property in geometrical progression as they rise.

Thomas Jefferson on Wealth Inequality – Grasping Reality with Both Hands

Geometrical progression! The roots of the tree of liberty must be watered with the excess wealth of the rich.