1) Draw a normal distribution curve of annual incomes.
2) Look where the hump is and look slightly to the right (slightly higher than normal incomes).
3) That’s where the bulk of the population/money is.
4) Tax them.
5) If anyone asks why you can’t move the bulk of the taxes further to the right, where there is less people but more money, explain to them that those are the people who make all the jobs and if you tax them anymore, they will stop and we will all be fucked. Mention “The Laffer Curve” because most don’t know what it is and those that do often can’t explain it, so that sorts out the malcontents.
Et voila! A tax system that is ridiculously hard to change, especially once everyone starts getting done bennies from it!!
Insert sarcastic smiley here!