Picture this, you have an 11th grade class of 25 general education students. They are about to take their final, which for many of them, will determine what they receive for that year. Being that it's Junior Year, this grade carries a lot of weight -- colleges will scrutinize it with great detail. In a way, this grade could give some hard-working students a great, well-earned opportunity. But, what about the kids who don't score as well? If the A Students gave the D Students some of their points, the whole class would average out to about a high C, which is great for those D Students who simply didn't study...but is it fair to the A Students who did?

I think that it's safe to assume that a lot of people would say "no" -- especially any student who's ever earned an A before. I mean forcing A Students to hand over their test points to their less-fortunate classmates, at the expense of otherwise available opportunities, sounds outrageous. Especially when you consider all that the school offers to students who really need help, like special education classes, tutoring, individualized education programs, and several other "grade boosters" throughout the year.

Now, let's fast-forward a little bit. These same 25 students are middle-aged adults. Some of them have become major CEOs, some are middle-class citizens with families, and some have proven less ambitious and less successful. If the CEOs, and even some of the middle-class citizens, gave their childhood classmates sums of their income, everyone could live pretty decent lives. This is great for the less successful students who get to continue living their lives as is...but is it far to the CEOs who earn their money for them?

Now, in this situation, it's not safe to assume anything. Although the principles vary little from the first scenario, people's opinions go from black to white. Of course, the second scenario is progressive taxation (the practice of taxing people with higher incomes at a higher rate), but, when you think about it, isn't the first scenario, too?

While in the real world, yes, progressive taxation is the taxing of money, hypothetically, if a teacher took a percentage of her best students' test scores and applied them to lower scores, she would be implementing the ideal for which advocates of Progressive Taxation fight every day.

Just like in regards to people's money, no one can completely guarantee that every single one of those A Students' points was earned fairly. Unfortunately, both in the classroom and in the economy, the world is neither perfect nor fair. But either way, the points given to the A Students became theirs when they received that grade. If they earned it dishonestly, then they run the risk of their superficial success being destroyed by a simple discovery. But until that happens, the points are theirs. So, why, twenty years down the road, when these points become money, do people not see it that way anymore?

For some reason, when people talk about the economy, they view the world behind a veil of greed, bias-influenced opinions, and pure faith in an abstract idea. Logic is thrown to the wind and common sense runs for the hills. When people talk about money in our economy, it becomes more about the object that is money, instead of the people. While, yes there are people who need help, and who can get it through assistance programs, forcing only the wealthy to pay higher taxes is discriminatory and contradictory to the work ethic about which this country preaches.

Just like the A Students in the world who give their time up to tutor or help D Students with school, the wealthy should participate in charity and always try to help others succeed -- just as any decent human should. But, forcing them to do this is unconstitutional as it violates their right to property and thwarts their pursuit of happiness.

This entire concept of Progressive Taxation can be summed up to Hillary Clinton's 4th Plan of Action, in her 5-Step Plan "to create an economy that works for everyone" -- everyone but the people who are earning the money she wants to take.

So I urge you this election, to think about the humane principles of economics, to honor the cornerstones of our nation, and to never forget about that A Student.