Did you just completely disregard the entirety of the first sentence and hang your entire argument on a modifier? Lol dude, you're something else. We've got a progressive tax system in the United States, and have had one for what a hundred years? It's not going anywhere, the wealthy in this country are doing fine without creating a leading aristocracy through implementing your regressive tax policies.
I'm sure it's completely escaped you that the rich in our country are trying to recreate the French pre-Revolution Three Estates system where the clergy and nobility were largely untaxed, while the peasants paid the lion's share of taxes.