"There should be taxation according to people’s ability to pay for the common good. I favor a more progressive tax system, and we should reconsider the payroll tax, which introduces a regressive element into the system. Ideally, we should tax consumption of luxury goods, not only to raise money. Consumerism is itself a troubling tendency in our society, so a case could be made for using the tax system to discourage an excessive preoccupation with consumerism"
— Harvard’s Sandel Says Free Markets, Bonuses, Are Not Sacrosanct - Bloomberg.com
