That's all totally possible, sure. But those are down stream impacts that are influenced heavily by other factors and by how people react to a change in taxes, for this example. Its way more complicated than that.

> I understand the human urge to hold on to everything you have. But when did we stop caring about contributing to a functioning society?

I'd ask when we decided that a functioning society was only possible with a powerful government collecting and redistributing wealth. Neither are required in my opinion, though we likely couldn't be as centralized as we are today without large governments and taxes.