I don't think anyone is surprised to see rich people skipping taxes that the middle class is meant to pay. When you have a corruptible, centralised government, a political apparatus, mass media that let you convert money in manipulating large numbers of voters - the ones wielding more power will have more influence and will be able to shape society in a way that is convenient for them.
Thiel even admitted it:
> In an interview on the website Big Think, Thiel said the U.S. tax system has
> “fairness problems” in which “you have super rich people paying a lower rate than
> people in the middle or upper middle class.”
The only difference between the audience of this article and Thiel is in the way this problem should be addressed.
The article is obviously meant to push for the "tax the rich till there are no rich no more" narrative, Thiel instead thinks we need less government:
> The answer wasn’t taxing the rich more, he said, but “taxing the middle class and
> the upper middle class a lot less” and cutting their dependence on expensive
> programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
Thiel even admitted it:
> In an interview on the website Big Think, Thiel said the U.S. tax system has > “fairness problems” in which “you have super rich people paying a lower rate than > people in the middle or upper middle class.”
The only difference between the audience of this article and Thiel is in the way this problem should be addressed.
The article is obviously meant to push for the "tax the rich till there are no rich no more" narrative, Thiel instead thinks we need less government:
> The answer wasn’t taxing the rich more, he said, but “taxing the middle class and > the upper middle class a lot less” and cutting their dependence on expensive > programs such as Medicare and Social Security.