So if the NatLabs aren't ruling out taxing the wealthy because that's what citizens want, then why? Because it's what their biggest *donors* want. In other words, the NatLabs are auctioning off chunks of policy to the highest bidder, to fund their election campaigns.
This points to a major weakness in our current electoral "democracies", identified by Lawrence Lessig in his talk about "Tweedism"; the "money primary" decides:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE
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