Despite indications to the contrary, Americans do know that inequality has increased over the last several decades. Many of them would even like to see greater equality. More importantly, although large numbers of people believe that income and wealth is unfairly distributed in the U.S. there is little support for redistributive policies. Using the framework developed in Brickman et al. (1981), I show that people use two relatively independent ways of thinking about the allocation of resources in society: principles of micro-justice and macro-justice. In the U.S., principles of micro-justice are typically based on a faith in the market and rewarding merit, while macro-justice principles often reflect a desire for somewhat greater equality. I argue that one of the major factors that influence which justice principles are used in evaluating public policies is trust in the government. I show the effects of these justice principles and trust on support for inheritance taxes and discuss the implications of this model for support for redistributive policies more generally.