The market teaches people that they DESERVE to get in accord with the market determined value of their contribution. The market teaches people to think that way every day -- just ask my students! But progressive taxation requires one to think that to each according to the market value of his or her contribution is NOT fair. That this outcome is sometimes highly inequitable and not really the proper measure of what is equitable at all. This problem will not disappear even should people get "better service for their tax dollar" -- although it wouldn't hurt to improve the efficiency of public spending. I'd start, of course, with not spending two thirds of my federal taxes on the military and debt service.
