Transhumans: Will They Be More Heavily Taxed?

Transhumans (genetically engineered, enhanced with embedded computers) will earn more money because they'll be more productive. So they will be higher tax brackets. Therefore they'll pay much more in taxes than unenhanced humans. Okay, but beyond their earning power will they be singled out for special taxes due to their beyond-human status? This is one of the thoughts that came across my mind while reading Ramez Naam's excellent novel Nexus. A couple of decades hence Naam imagines embedded nanotech as illegal rather than just subjected to higher tax rates. But suppose it is actually allowed. Or suppose offspring genetic engineering is allowed. Will superhumans be singled out for more confiscatory tax treatment?...
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