Why does the goverment tax high income people?

isnt this unfair, why is this even here, I dont understand why they would want to tax a office worker more than a taco bell worker, since they are all using the same services from the goverment, on top of that they are putting them in a higher tax brackts, doesnt this encourage people to not want a higher paying job because of how little they will gain. This seems really stupid to me, I think it is their moral right to enjoy their money if they earn it, instead of having it eaten away by the IRS

I like the idea of the chinese goverment one answerer said, with no poverty and everybody has free medical care and a home, this eliminates stress in life, and lets people live happily, but the system here is so messed up, I also like the idea of everybody getting free college, but the problem is that people here want to be educated so that they can get a high paying job, but if they get all of their money sucked away by the IRS then what is the point of going to college

For the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks. It's where the money is.

Under God's law to Isreal about taxes, for public services, such as they did maintain a military and schools and places of worship. Some think that was contribultions to religion.
But in essence it was taxes.
Since God instituted it that seems like a good idea.
They gave a flat 10% of everything they acquired. Under that law the rich would have paid more.
They were careful about gleeming the outside of the field leaving it for the poor and disabled. that was their form of welfare.
A man with a bigger field, would be giving more than someone with a small plot of wheat. A tree was taxed a flat rate that is why if a tree did not produce it was cut down, to avoid the taxes on the tree.
So actually that is scriptural.

It's the Liberal way of punishing people for refusing to live on Welfare. The more you make, the more you are punished. My constitutional rights and privileges should not cost any more or less than someone elses and everyone should be required to pay their 'Fair and Equal' tax burden responsibilities, regardless of income!

I agree with the one who said, some people are so selfish.
Some do not have opportunities to go to college or their parents were not rich, I do not mind paying taxes and as an accountant I am what is called the middle income people.
The average American.
But, I like the idea of paying 10% flat rate. Then getting rid of the waste and high income paid to politicians with their kick backs. We need to clean up where the money is goiing./
Dr. Phil says it is not the amount of income you have but the way you spend it that determines whether you go bankrupt or not. USA is way to much in debt to China.
I was reading about poverty in the world, do you know no one in China is living in poverty? I know I was amazed to.
Everyone has health care, a home, and food.
In a country with no religion to speak of.