[thecavemaster]

A family of four with an annual income of $65,000 should not pay the same % tax as a family of four with an annual income of $175,000. We live (house, food, clothes); we work (gas, car)... you get the drift... the "basics" cost the family making $65,000 more in actual earned dollars. The widow gives a penny; the oil financier gives a million. It is foolish to suggest that a gallon of milk "costs" the same whether you are rich or poor, unless, of course, one is being simplistic to the point of foolishness. I do not support the "unfair" tax, nor will I ever. Period.