You don't have to read past the first sentence of this New York Times editorial to know that the rest is bunk.

The tax system in the United States is supposed to mitigate inequality.

A civics refresher course for the Times editors on the 16th Amendment:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Idiots.