I'm far from rich and I look at the payroll "Deductions". It is a politician's job to steal from the poor and give the rich tax breaks.
Sounds to me like everyone who makes the same or less than you is poor, and anyone who makes more is rich.

Define rich? Most "millionaires" in this country are first generation millionaires who got there by working 60-80 hour weeks for 50 years and investing wisely. Unfortunately, once they actually get there, they're villified and taxed to death by politicians in an effort to pander to their "less motivated" constituents.
Those "rich" people, as you call them, are your hard working neighbors, not that guy in the middle of the Monopoly board, and they're paying a hugely disproportionate share of the taxes in this country.