totally slanted baloney. we went over this. in 1986 with the support or even leadership by the democrat party they rounded out the tax code. They seriously reduced tax write offs for the rich. It was such a massive change in real estate deductions... which were a massive tax shelter it seriously shuffled the entire industry. It was a massive tax reduction elimination. you are so full of leftist crap all the time.. don't you get sick or lying about history. The destruction of the middle class is by taxes and massive devaluation of the dollar destroying the value of the salary and savings. govt giveaways to the poor have been expanding. If you want to fix income inequality... eliminate income taxes on all by the cronies who ask for it. Then if you want to give more money away to the poor... the burden will be shared equally. Taxing the 99.5% is a theft of liberty and anti egalitarian.
Most posters here do not live in CA, where there are indeed 100 different taxes. I've said this before, quit bitchin' about it and move. As for where I live, Canada, I bet I pay more than residents of a lot of states do.
For nearly half the country, the rate is zero. They pay nothing. Many get money instead, ie negative taxes, through the Earned Income Credit.
I thought you lefties scream bloody murder when the majority said to the minority if you don't like it leave. Besides I choose to change this tax system along with the majority of those who pay taxes. We can provide for the poor and eliminate income and death taxes.