I am well aware $200k is nowhere near the median wage.

The person I replied to wrote “How is anyone ever supposed to climb the ladder like that?”. Seeing as no one is “climbing the ladder” from earning a median wage their whole life, I looked at the tax rate for an “upper middle” wage salary (which anyone can earn even if their parents had 0 wealth).

Since tax rates for a median salary are much lower than this, I am not sure how it contradicts my point.