[Gianni]

I tried to pursue the argument that proportionality of abuse in its distribution has no bearing on whether or not it constitutes 'abuse,' but that must've fallen by the wayside 30 or so posts ago.

Kind of like saying you can't be against wife-beating so long as it's uniformly performed by all.

[Non-Sequitur]

I tried to pursue the argument that proportionality of abuse in its distribution has no bearing on whether or not it constitutes 'abuse,' but that must've fallen by the wayside 30 or so posts ago.

That's because you were making no sense. Proportinality is what you want it to be seems to be the gist of your arguement. If you are paying 5% of the tax on a larger income than I'm paying 95% of the tax on you seem justified in saying it was abusive to you.